On Sat, 2021-10-16 at 01:55 +0200, Andre Klapper via evolution-list wrote: > On Fri, 2021-10-15 at 15:37 -0600, larry wrote: > > I want to back up Evolution mail using a cron job. > > I want to use tar, but I would prefer that files in the > > evolution/mail > > don't change while it's happening. > > Is there any way to take it offline, then back online from a bash > > script? > You could shut it down. > Or restart it with "evolution --offline".
Well, the way I see it, the whole point of running a job with cron is that you don't have to actually do anything in preparation beforehand. So what I am looking for is a way to safely shut down Evolution from a bash script. Restarting from the script it is trivial. So, let me ask you this. Is it safe (or advisable) to shut down Evolution with a kill command? _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
