Hi Not, Thanks for your advice.
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 09:35, Not Zed wrote: > all you have to do is: > > cd > tar czvf evolution.tar.gz evolution Which directory I have to cd. I expect to retain the backup on /home/satimis/Temp/ > evolution.tar.gz is your backup. > > Then when you want to restore it > > cd > tar xzvf /paht/to/backup/evolution.tar.gz Which directory I have to cd? Kindly advise > This way it will only save the relative 'evolution' path in the archive. > > You saved the full path to home in your tar file, which you didn't > really want. > > For 'test 1', just do: > > tar -zxvf /mnt/cdrom/backup_local.tar.gz -C / > > So it untar's from /, since you have the full path in your archive. > (not normally recommended, but thats how you made it in the first > place)/. Noted with thanks B.R. Stephen > PS this is a little off topic, any general gnu/unix documentation should > cover basic tar operations like this > > On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 20:40, Stephen Liu wrote: > > Hi Not and other folks > > > > I am trying to copy all email boxes of an USER, such Inbox, Outbox, > > Sent, etc. from Evolution 1.4 running on a RH8.0 box to another > > Evolution 1.4 running on a RH9.0 box, same USER, and encountered > > difficulty as follows; > > > > Steps taken > > RH8.0 box > > # mkdir /home/satimis/Temp/ > > # tar -zcvf /home/satimis/Temp/backup_local.tar.gz > > /home/satimis/evolution/local/ > > > > Burnt the tarball on a CD > > > > Untar > > RH9.0 box > > The CD was automatically mounted > > > > Test-1 > > # tar -zxvf /mnt/cdrom/backup_local.tar.gz -C > > /home/satimis/evolution/local > > > > The tarball was decompressed to > > /home/satimis/evolution/local/home/satimis/evolution/local/ > > > > I tried to copy a file/email from the untared Inbox to > > /home/satimis/evolution/local/Inbox/ but it could not work. Starting > > Evolution could not see that email in the Inbox. Maybe copying files or > > folders/directories from the untared /home/satimis/evolution/local/ and > > pasting the same to /home/satimis/evolution/local/ of RH9.0 are not the > > correct procedure. > > > > Test-2 > > # tar -zxvf /mnt/cdrom/backup_local.tar.gz -C > > > > I saw on the Konsole window the tarball has been decompressed but I > > could not locate the decompressed folder/directory afterwords. > > > > Could you please advise what shall be the correct syntax to tar > > /home/satimis/evolution/local/ on RH8.0 box and untar the tarball on > > RH9.0 box. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > B.Regards > > Stephen Liu > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 06:07, Not Zed wrote: > > > Backup everything in ~/evolution for all email, calendar, addressbook, > > > vFolder and filters. > > > > > > If you also need to keep configuration defaults, and mail accounts, then > > > also backup ~/.gconf/apps/evolution at least. > > > > > > On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 19:37, Thinker wrote: > > > > I am going to wipe my machine out and reinstall SuSE 8.2 tonight. What > > > > do I need to do so that I don't lose any of my emails from evolution > > > > 1.4.4? I plan to burn my documents folder and whatever else I need to to > > > > a disk before I wipe it all. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > To Get Your Own iCareHK.com Email Address? Go To www.iCareHK.com. > _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
