On 10/15/07, Justin Conover <justin.conover@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If I want to transfer evolution to another box, what is the best way to back > it up? I've tried copying the .evolution in my home directory but when I > bring up evolution it wants me to start from scratch. I don't recall where I got this from, so I shouldn't get the credit for it: Backup: gconftool-2 --shutdown evolution --force-shutdown gconftool-2 --dump /apps/evolution > ~/$SETTINGS tar cfz $SAVE_FILENAME -C ~ --exclude=.evolution/mail/imap .evolution .gconf/apps/evolution .gnome2_private/Evolution Restore: gconftool-2 --shutdown evolution --force-shutdown tar xf $SAVE_FILENAME gconftool-2 --unload $SETTINGS gconftool-2 --load $SETTINGS
