[Bug 86487] Re: Restore evolution data with backup

[.tommie]

I'll try the graphical import function and report back.
Anyway, I've followed these steps to backup Evolution as usual:

Step 1:
Shutdown evolution and gconftool-2:
$ gconftool-2 --shutdown
$ evolution –force-shutdown

Step 2:
Create an archive with the data and configuration files:
Note: To completely save the Evolution data and configuration, you need to save the following directories/files:

   1. ~/.evolution/
   2. ~/.gconf/apps/evolution/
   3. ~/.gnome2_private/Evolution

The following command will take care of these
$ cd
$ tar -cvzf evolution-backup.tar.gz .evolution .gconf/apps/evolution .gnome2_private/Evolution

Now the file evolution-backup.tar.gz is the backup you want.

Step 3:
You can move the data over to another Ubuntu computer if you like, and just un-tar the archive while in your /home/username/ directory to restore it.

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Restore evolution data with backup
https://launchpad.net/bugs/86487