On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 11:48 -0700, Robin Laing wrote: > On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 13:46 +1100, Andrew Cowie wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 23:58 +1100, Andrew Greig wrote: > > > I have tried to get my .evolution file to the new drive > > > > The only thing that I've ever found that's reliable is to Log Out of > > GNOME, and then from a console vt run rsync to push my entire home > > directory from one box to the other. Anything short of that missed > > settings and worse would corrupt your address book because > > evolution-data-server hadn't safely close down. > > > > I actually use this quite successfully presently to pass my environment > > between desktop and laptop. Of course, there's the restriction that I > > only use one at a time, but hey. If I'm moving to my laptop it's cause > > I'm going out/abroad/whatever, so it doesn't matter. > > > > Script with the rsync command line attached in case anyone is > > interested. > > > > AfC > > Sydney > > > > As closing evolution doesn't close all the background processes that it > starts, I have had to start running "pkill evolution" every time. What > a pain. > > Use pkill or kill to ensure that evolution is stopped.
I second that. Even "evolution --force-shutdown" can leave processes lying around. poc _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
