Re: ximian evol. backup

Thanks for your prompt answer.

Yes I do have Ximian Evolution 1.4 running on a Mandrake 9.2 box

On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 16:10, Mark Gordon wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 15:56 +0200, FTP wrote:
> > Hi There,
> > 
> > what is the best way to back-up my Ximian Evolution data from one
> > machine and move it to another Linux PC?
> > 
> > Thanks
> 
> I can see by your headers that you're using 1.4.  Different versions
> will have different backup/restore instructions.
> 
> 1) Quit Evolution and run "evolution --force-shutdown".  This kills any
> evo-related background processes and commits all state to disk.
> 2) tar up your ~/evolution and ~/.gconf/apps/evolution directories.
> 3) untar them on the new machine.
> 
> Caveat: life is easiest if you have the same username and uid on the new
> machine as on the old machine.  If your uid changed, you'll want to
> chown the relevant files.  If your username changed, you'll need to
> modify your filters, since they'll have paths defined by the previous
> value of ~.  The easiest way to avoid this, of course, is to keep the
> same username and password when you migrate.
> 
> -Mark Gordon
> 
> 

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