Well that message got well and truly mangled - that's not how it left my editor!
P. On Fri, 2021-02-05 at 16:40 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote: > > Hi Pete it really is driving me nuts > the offending file is the one with 5050 in the name > > richard@richard-Inspiron-3580:~/.cache/evolution/mail$ ls -ls > total 12 > 4 drwx------ 3 richard richard 4096 Feb 5 08:54 > 0656774d545ea2bb57c9be746823f7d3f567198c > 4 drwx------ 2 richard richard 4096 Feb 5 15:35 > 1527769677.8716.2@richard-Inspiron-N5030 > 4 drwxrwxrwx 3 richard richard 4096 Feb 5 15:57 > 7bb2e693532a510fb41eca211d9e5a026556fa10 > > I can shut down evo , delete that directory, and as soon as evo is > restarted it reappears. > > Yes, because that is the name of the cache directory that Evolution > creates. Evolution needs a cache directory in order to store its cache > so creates it if it doesn't exist. > > I have tried deleting the account, from within evo > and > running sudo apt purge evolimple way of flushing the cache so it can > start as a > > virgin installution > that should remove evo and all its config files, > then deleted .cache/evolution > but when I re install evo , everything that was deleted just reappeared > > No. On Linux removing an application does not remove user configuration > files. In general re-installing things doesn't magically make things > work. > > > Now I suspect that as when a file is deleted the space it used still > contains the data, until overwritten > some mechanism may be recovering what was deleted. > > No, absolutely not what is happening at all. > > > There must be a simple way of flushing the cache so it can start as a > virgin install > or getting rid of that mail directory. > > Don't be fixated on the cache. The cache just stores temporary files > to save continually getting data from the network. The account > configuration is stored elsewhere. Andre has already pointed you to > information on where all the Evolution data files are. > > Before playing with any of the configuration files you must ensure that > Evolution, and all it's ancillary programs are shut down. Some of them > (such as dconf) maintain in-memory copies of the data that are written > out when the program shuts down. (This DOES NOT apply to the cache.) > > > apologies for using html, the reason was line wrapping > > Please avoid it if you can, and also avoid top posting on this list. > > P. > > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
