Backing up Evolution

[Robert L Cochran]

Thomas Cameron wrote:

>On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 16:44 -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
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>>Hey, all,
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>>Is there a clean and simple way to back up Evolution settings?
>>Everything from files and folders to account settings and passwords.
>>This is the one thing that gets very messy when I have to reinstall my
>>system (for RC5, for example), and it's going to happen again on FC3
>>release.
>>
>>If I could just back up/restore this one app cleanly, everything else
>>falls into place easily. Is there any such application (or even set of
>>instructions)?
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>tar zcvf evol-back.tar.gz ~/.evolution
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The same idea works great for Mozilla Mail too.  Tar up  the important 
stuff, scp it to another machine, install the newest Fedora release, scp 
the tarball back, untar, and you are ready to roll. Thanks to the person 
on this list who suggested it to me.

Bob