restore Evolution after OS install

[Marcus Brubaker]

Mr Chris Aitken wrote:
>> To restore the directory cp -r backuppathname ~yourusername/.evolution
> Okay, I just did that, but when I run Evolution it asks me where the 
> 'evolution archive' is. I don't have any 'evolution archive' - I just 
> have the entire .evolution directory and its contents. Then I point to 
> that but it's not satisfied - it wants me to point to a specific file 
> and I try different files (especially ones ending in .db) but nothing 
> brings back the mail, calendar info et al.
>
> I inferred from the original responder to this thread that you have to 
> back up the entire .evolution directory and its contents. I guess that 
> was an erroneous assumption. I guess I should have backed it up in a 
> certain way (to make an 'evolution archive') to be able to restore it 
> later. I use thunderbird myself so that back up is easier - you simply 
> save the directory and them point to that directory when configuring 
> (the new installation of) thunderbird. I guess Evolution is trickier (?) 

I don't really have any suggestions for you, but maybe this will point 
you in a fruitful direction.

I'm not sure about modern versions, but several years ago when I last 
used Evolution I recall that there was some information it needed that 
got stored in ~/.gnome2 or something like that, it wasn't all in 
~/.evolution.

Regards,
Marcus
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