On Sunday 29 February 2004 08:08 am, Derek Jennings wrote: : On Sunday 29 Feb 2004 02:15, 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 : : Your mail settings are stores in ~/.kde/share/config/kmailrc : It looks like you did not include hidden files in your backup. : : A convenient way to do a backup to CD or ftp/ssh is drakbackup : It is in the drakxtools RPM (get the latest version of the updates mirror) : : derek
Thanks, derek ... I had thought that by doing a backup by entering my home dir and executing tar cvf home.tar * it would've grabbed hidden files too ... Guess not! Thanks for the heads up on where these settings are stored ... Best, Adam
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