[DC LoCo] Tar of a "dot" directory

[Marti Martinson]

I just thought about this tonight, and I hope I am not whacko.

Why not just use the file browser, click on "view hidden files", insert
a blank CD, drag the dir into the brasero window, and burn it?

If I have to migrate OS (to a Linux that can use GNOME), just create a
user with the same ID I have now and then copy it to that new home dir?

Bonkers?

Marti

On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 19:40 -0400, Lucas Moten wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 09:58 -0400, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: 
> > On Friday 26 March 2010 9:16:16 am Kevin Cole wrote:
> > > 
> > > Does the export pick up everything (settings, preferences, add-ons,
> > > plug-ins, whatnot), or just data (calendars, addressbooks, and the
> > > like)?
> > 
> > Everything, and now that I think about it, Evolution's accounts are setup in 
> > GConf, so I guess the exported tarball has more than just ~/.evolution/  Of 
> > course, it has an import function as well ;-)
> > 
> 
> I tried the export out last night and that picked everything up, but
> then when I attempted to import it, Evolution didn't seem to recognize
> it.  The oddity is that it Saves Settings to a tar.gz, but for Import
> recognizes an Evolution CSV or TAB file (among others)
> 
> I wish Evolution would let me choose what exactly to export as well
> (like choosing which accounts, or filter mail by headers).  I'm using
> Evolution 2.22.3.1
> 
> Is anyone able to successfully import doing this?  A good DRP makes
> sure test runs function, but up until now I've never really tried it.
> I can verify that the messages are in the export file so its not a
> total loss.
> 
> -Lucas