Re: [Evolution] Safety of removing .cache files

2021-01-04 Thread Milan Crha via evolution-list
On Mon, 2021-01-04 at 13:08 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Yes, however that isn't documented in the man page. Hi, aha, I see, it's only in the `evolution --help`. I may add it, I guess. Thanks and bye, Milan ___

Re: [Evolution] Safety of removing .cache files

2021-01-04 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2021-01-04 at 12:49 +0100, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 2021-01-01 at 23:15 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > $ /usr/libexec/evolution/killev > > which is called by: > >    $ evolution --force-shutdown Yes, however that isn't documented in the man

Re: [Evolution] Safety of removing .cache files

2021-01-04 Thread Milan Crha via evolution-list
On Fri, 2021-01-01 at 18:48 -0500, Dr. John H. Lauterbach wrote: > I was able to remove the .cache files without a problem.  I closed > Evolution, used Nemo with elevated permissions to delete the files. >  A restarted Evolution.  Problem solved. Hi, out of interest, did you want to

Re: [Evolution] Safety of removing .cache files

2021-01-04 Thread Milan Crha via evolution-list
Hi, On Fri, 2021-01-01 at 23:15 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > $ /usr/libexec/evolution/killev which is called by: $ evolution --force-shutdown and which kills also the evolution-data-server processes (it's sometimes usable). One can use also this: $ evolution --quit

Re: [Evolution] Safety of removing .cache files

2021-01-02 Thread Dr. John H. Lauterbach
I was able to remove the .cache files without a problem.  I closed Evolution, used Nemo with elevated permissions to delete the files.  A restarted Evolution.  Problem solved.  Thank you to all for your comments.  John On Fri, 2021-01-01 at 14:43 -0700, Zan Lynx wrote: > On 1/1/21 1:25 PM,

Re: [Evolution] Safety of removing .cache files

2021-01-01 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2021-01-01 at 12:18 -0700, Zan Lynx wrote: > Evolution has so many small daemon pieces that it is almost impossible > to tell if it is "running" and nearly impossible to prevent it from running. $ /usr/libexec/evolution/killev or just: $ pkill evolution (after exiting the main GUI)

Re: [Evolution] Safety of removing .cache files

2021-01-01 Thread Andre Klapper via evolution-list
On Fri, 2021-01-01 at 14:43 -0700, Zan Lynx wrote: > No. It's easily possible not to run Evolution: Just don't start it. Yeah, right. I know for a fact that these Evolution data server bits will access data when you least expect it. I just haven't looked recently to see what particular data is

Re: [Evolution] Safety of removing .cache files

2021-01-01 Thread Zan Lynx
On 1/1/21 1:25 PM, Andre Klapper via evolution-list wrote: On Fri, 2021-01-01 at 12:18 -0700, Zan Lynx wrote: On 12/31/20 5:19 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: It's always safe to remove cached files. Evo will just recreate them if needed. Just be sure that Evo isn't running when you do it.

Re: [Evolution] Safety of removing .cache files

2021-01-01 Thread Andre Klapper via evolution-list
On Fri, 2021-01-01 at 12:18 -0700, Zan Lynx wrote: On 12/31/20 5:19 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > It's always safe to remove cached files. Evo will just recreate them > if > needed. Just be sure that Evo isn't running when you do it. That is quite a caveat to add on there. Evolution has so

Re: [Evolution] Safety of removing .cache files

2021-01-01 Thread Zan Lynx
On 12/31/20 5:19 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: It's always safe to remove cached files. Evo will just recreate them if needed. Just be sure that Evo isn't running when you do it. That is quite a caveat to add on there. Evolution has so many small daemon pieces that it is almost impossible

Re: [Evolution] Safety of removing .cache files

2020-12-31 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2020-12-30 at 20:32 -0500, Dr. John H. Lauterbach wrote: > Is it safe to delete > /home/johnl/.cache/evolution/mail/e73fb70d2e40e23bc8fc94509b23c9adc77cc577/folders/Bulk > Mail/cur/09/419787 ? It's always safe to remove cached files. Evo will just recreate them if needed. Just be sure

[Evolution] Safety of removing .cache files

2020-12-30 Thread Dr. John H. Lauterbach
Is it safe to delete /home/johnl/.cache/evolution/mail/e73fb70d2e40e23bc8fc94509b23c9adc77cc577/folders/Bulk Mail/cur/09/419787 ? Above directory refers to the "Bulk Mail" account on an IMAP email account from bellsouth.net.  I cannot delete such a folder on my evolution email account.  My