On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 13:40 -0400, William Case wrote:
> Hi;
>
> This query is not urgent, but I would like to know.
>
> Does evolution-backup-tar.gz contain the contents of my mail, contacts,
> tasks etc. or just the settings?
Yes, it saves the mail (the local mail that is).
> Help manual says, "The back up saves your Evolution gconf settings,
> mails, contacts, tasks, memos and calendars and creates an archive."
> which can be interpreted a bit ambiguously.
I don't see the ambiguity.
> I have had advice that indicates that just the settings are saved,
> however when I restored the other day I got most but not all of my
> content data back. e.g. missing one contact list/addresses and about 10
> emails.
It's trivial to test. Create a backup and do:
tar tvf backup.tar.gz
to get a list of what's there.
poc
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