[xubuntu-users] combining folder contents

[Eberhard Roloff]

On 05/24/2012 08:18 AM, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> On 23/05/12 22:55, Ric Moore wrote:
>> On 05/23/2012 03:22 PM, Norman Silverstone wrote:
>>> < snip >

>>
> I think that part of the problem is because Evolution is on
> an old machine and Thunderbird on a new one. Also the fact
> that I have started using Thunderbird means that I would
> prefer to be able to retain mail I have already received.
> Perhaps if I set up Thunderbird on the evolution machine,
> copy the files needed from Evolution to Thunderbird on that
> machine and then transfer the result, using an external HDD,
> to the new machine I would achieve what I want. What do do
> you think, please?
>
> Norman
>
>
You could do that, because it minimises the risk of 
something going wrong on the "real" target machine.

However, as you might know now, the directory .thunderbird 
is your friend.

Simply copy (COPY, not rename) it to a different name on the 
"real machine", and when things go wrong, you can restart 
from new by deleting the faulty ./thunderbird directory and 
then renaming your copy.

So, it is also possible to directly copy the files, e.g. via 
ssh, also done graphically via konqueror with fish://, I 
believe.

And there are alway a dozen solutions that will work, just 
as well.

Eberhard