Re: Why are .thunderbird and .evolution hidden ?

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On 02/25/2010 07:58 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
Marcel Rieux wrote:
I don't have much important data and I do my back-ups in the most
simple way by saving my /home directory except for a few directories
to a DVD. But K3B asks if i want to save hidden files. If I answer no,
the .thunderbird and .evolution directories aren't saved and there's
some important data in there. If I answer yes, there then is a sleuth
of hidden files that are saved that I don't really need.

One way around this is to copy those 2 directories and then rename
them without the beginning ".". This way you miss a few files or
directories if you don't also rename them -- such as .#evolution.sbd
and .parentlock -- which... might not be important -- but why the hell
are .thunderbird and .evolution hidden in the first place?


Another way around it is to use the nautilus integration with k3b.
Unlike k3b, nautilus has a selection for "view hidden files".  Then you
can drag and drop precisely what you need from nautilus to k3b.




Another simple way would be: move .thunderbird and .evolution to some not-hidden files and let .thunderbird be a soft link to that not-hidden file.

Regards

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Joachim Backes <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes

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