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#1 2010-04-25 16:32:38

germanomichel
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From: Brazil
Registered: 2008-12-12
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[SOLVED] Automatic Evolution (>2.22) Backup

Hello All,

I'm updating a bash script that backups all my important data. It is scheduled by cron. And now I want it to backup evolution too.

This FAQ explains how to backup evolution:
http://www.go-evolution.org/FAQ#How_can … olution.3F

The problem is that to backup Evolution > 2.22 I need to start evolution, File -> Backup Settings -> OK. Then it will generate a tar.gz file that contains everything I need. I have no idea how to automate that.

I'm not confident that using the older (<2.22) backup method will backup everything (for future releases too).

Does anybody knows how to start the backup operation from terminal?

Thank you,
Germano

Last edited by germanomichel (2010-04-26 22:12:48)

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#2 2010-04-26 01:26:26

ngoonee
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Re: [SOLVED] Automatic Evolution (>2.22) Backup

/usr/lib/evolution/2.30/evolution-backup --help


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#3 2010-04-26 22:12:32

germanomichel
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Re: [SOLVED] Automatic Evolution (>2.22) Backup

Thank you,

The command, for who is interested is:

/usr/lib/evolution/2.30/evolution-backup --backup %filename

where %filename usually is evolution-backup.tar.gz

And it works perfectly. Shuts down evolution before operation too.

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