Ed Greshko wrote:
Joachim Backes wrote:
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.
When one has to make changes like that...and remember they made them...and why...and it conflicts with "normal" operation I, personally, wouldn't classify that as "simple". :-)
Oh, the other reason I wouldn't do that.... It may happen that you download the latest thunderbird tar file from Mozilla and forgetfully extract it in your home directory.... Oooops....