Hi Michelle, >Upgraded my version of Mint, which has... >Evolution 3.28.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
>Prior to upgrading Linux Mint, my evolution backup script contained the >following... [...] >So evolution-backup is reporting the "quit" to evolution, but it >doesn't appear to be listening. Also, there never appears to be a >.running file in .local so I'm not sure what's happening. >I've tried dropping to a command prompt and just issuing... >evolution --quit >... but it doesn't respond and stays running. >Any advice please? in rare cases I need to completely quit evolution, I use this function: ------------------------< snip snip snip >----------------------------- _me=$( basename $0 ) EVOL="evolution" killevolution() { $EVOL --force-shutdown sleep 1 _pid="" _pid=$( \ /usr/bin/ps -wwfe \ | grep -i "${EVOL}" \ | grep -v "grep" \ | grep -v "${_me}" \ | grep "^${USER}" \ | awk '{ print $2 }' \ ) if [ -n "$_pid" ] then for _p in $_pid do kill $_p done fi } killevolution ------------------------< snip snip snip >----------------------------- pkill/pgrep would be an option, too. >Michelle. Bye. Michael. -- Michael Hirmke _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list