Hi, Evolution itself offers a backup method: https://help.gnome.org/users/evolution/stable/backup-restore.html
For anything on a general distribution / file level or other applications (like deja-dup), please contact your distribution. Thanks, andre On Sun, 2016-05-29 at 10:50 +0200, Chas IRONS wrote: > Good day all > > As a retired end user of Ubuntu Linux since 2005 I cannot get an > easy/simple backup method to work. Would File Manager copy to a flsh > drive and restore a damaged file safely? I have never needed to > recover but it may happen. > > I have used the Backup front end for deja-dup each month-end many > times but this time it would not switch to a new flash drive. The > Software Centre also had many bad comments. So I installed Back in > Time with its recommended default settings but it failed with many > pages of errors about Evolution files. My Evolution folders have 65MB > of history about banking, medical,tax and investment transactions > that I must keep. > > The first few errors in the log below were followed by 10 pages of > Evolution errors: Please advise me! > [E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles- > PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/opera/SingletonCookie > " -> "11075476278167463458" failed: Operation not permitted (1) > [E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles- > PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/opera/SingletonLock" > -> "Charles-PC-3224" failed: Operation not permitted (1) > [E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles- > PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/opera/SingletonSocket > " -> "/tmp/.org.chromium.Chromium.y4TlhJ/SingletonSocket" failed: > Operation not permitted (1) > [E] Error: rsync: symlink "/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles- > PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/pulse/1b13e7b811a0e3d > 43e110330544bc30b-runtime" -> "/tmp/pulse-PKdhtXMmr18n" failed: > Operation not permitted (1) > [E] Error: rsync: mkstemp "/media/chas/BCA6-796F/backintime/Charles- > PC/chas/1/new_snapshot/backup/home/chas/.config/evolution/addressbook > /views/.current_view-file:___home_chas_.local_share_evolution_address > book_local_1148126609.1137...@ubuntu.xml.nXKWlY" failed: Invalid > argument (22) > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list -- Andre Klapper | ak...@gmx.net http://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/ _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
