On Saturday 28 February 2004 06:25 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: : On Saturday 28 February 2004 09:15 pm, J Adam Latham wrote: : > Hi, All ... : > : > Today I had to reinstall my user directory, which I had backed up on a : > disc. But when I unpacked the contents of that backup (which included my : > Mail dir) I was disappointed to discover that my KMail settings : > (identities, networks, filters etc) were not backed up ... Also, any sub : > directories (& their msgs) in my local folders were gone ... (Which : > means, say, the folder Work was still there but not, say, Work -> Bob, : > Work - : > : > >Susie, or whatever ... ) : > : > I had assumed (naively) that this info was stored either in my Mail dir : > or in some hidden file in my home dir ... Obviously not. : > : > Can someone please let me know where this info is saved, and how I can : > include it in backups so that I don't have to recreate all my settings : > again? : > : > Any/all help is appreciated ... : > : > Best, : > Adam : : I'm guessing that you just went into Konqueror or some program like that : and copied and pasted all of the files and directories? I've tried that, : bad idea =P. There are hidden directories and files that begin with a '.'. : I'm sure you've noticed them. So if you want to back stuff up with a GUI, : just make sure to go into properties and check the option to show hidden : files and folders. It's under 'View'. I believe the Kmail settings are in : .Mail, but I'm not positive so just copy them all next time. : : --Marc
Thanks for the reply, but I believe I did grab all the hidden files, too ... To backup my user dir I always just enter it and execute tar cvf home.tar * which does grab the hidden files ... Any other thoughts? :^) Thanks again, Adam
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