A couple of small problems

[Maurice Murphy]

Anthony Yarusso wrote:
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> Maurice Murphy wrote:
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>> R. Wood wrote: Allegedly, on Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 07:39:04PM -0500,
>> Maurice Murphy stated:
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>>     
>>>>> 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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Anthony,

Tried crtl H.  Nothing happened.  I'll have another go tomorrow.  Thanks 
to you and Raymond.  Maybe we're getting a little closer to this tricky 
devil!

Maurice
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