On Saturday 28 February 2004 06:40 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: : On Saturday 28 February 2004 09:36 pm, J Adam Latham wrote: : > 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 : : Hmm... : : Did you update KDE at all? I think the folders it stores settings in : changed. Not positive, but I thought I heard something like that. : : --Marc
Nope, haven't updated KDE ... I also tried whereis kmail to see if it would pull up anything, but the only thing that comes up is /usr/bin/kmail ... I'm sure the answer will end up being an obvious one, but it eludes me right now! Thanks again for your suggestions ... Adam
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