Why are .thunderbird and .evolution hidden ?

[Joachim Backes]

On 02/25/2010 07:58 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> Marcel Rieux wrote:
>> I don't have much important data and I do my back-ups in the most
>> simple way by saving my /home directory except for a few directories
>> to a DVD. But K3B asks if i want to save hidden files. If I answer no,
>> the .thunderbird and .evolution directories aren't saved and there's
>> some important data in there. If I answer yes, there then is a sleuth
>> of hidden files that are saved that I don't really need.
>>
>> One way around this is to copy those 2 directories and then rename
>> them without the beginning ".". This way you miss a few files or
>> directories if you don't also rename them -- such as .#evolution.sbd
>> and .parentlock -- which... might not be important -- but why the hell
>> are .thunderbird and .evolution hidden in the first place?
>>
>>
> Another way around it is to use the nautilus integration with k3b.
> Unlike k3b, nautilus has a selection for "view hidden files".  Then you
> can drag and drop precisely what you need from nautilus to k3b.
>
>
>

Another simple way would be: move .thunderbird and .evolution to some 
not-hidden files and let .thunderbird be a soft link to that not-hidden 
file.

Regards

-- 
Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de>

http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes

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