A couple of small problems

[Anthony Yarusso]

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Maurice Murphy wrote:
> R. Wood wrote: Allegedly, on Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 07:39:04PM -0500,
> Maurice Murphy stated:
>
>>>> Anthony Yarusso wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm looking for my Thunderbird Mail folder so that
>>>>>>>>> I can
> copy it
>>>>>>>>> in to my removable USB drive as a backup.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thunderbird mail is stored in
>>>>>> ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/somethingrandom.default/{Mail,ImapMail}.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But I cannot find somethingrandom.default listed
>>>>>>> anywhere under
> Mozilla-Thunderbird.
>>>>>>> (I realize I'm looking for a number/letter
>>>>>>> combination.default.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maurice
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Try just doing ls ~/.mozilla-thunderbird/ and tell us what
>>>>> folders there are.  It could be named differently?  Maybe
>>>>> not .default, depending.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Anthony,
>>>>
>>>> I get four folders each named Mozilla-Thunderbird.  One has
>>>> 39
> items,
>>>> the others 3,2, and 31 items respectively.  I've been through
>>>> all of these and their sub-folders and can find nothing that
>>>> resembles somethingrandom.default.
>>>>
>>>> The prime suspect was the profile folder, but alas nothing
>>>> familiar there.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have any other thoughts on this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again for all your help. Maurice
>>>>
>
> Perhaps it is time for a brute-force search.  Open a terminal and
> try this at the command-line: cd ; find . -iname "*default*" |grep
> -i thunderbird |less
>
> If that produces no results then try a broader search: cd ; find .
> -iname "*default*" |less
>
> Does this output contain any relevant search results?
>
> Have Fun with GNU/Linux, Raymond
>>>
>
>> Raymond and Anthony,
>
>> Tried to find the rascal, both using Beagle and the File Browser.
>> No luck.  This guy is really allusive!
>
>> Maurice
>
When you have the file browser open, hit Ctrl-H to show hidden folders
(ones that start with a . ) - it will then be visible.
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