Joachim Backes wrote: > On 02/25/2010 07:58 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> Marcel Rieux wrote: >>> I don't have much important data and I do my back-ups in the most >>> simple way by saving my /home directory except for a few directories >>> to a DVD. But K3B asks if i want to save hidden files. If I answer no, >>> the .thunderbird and .evolution directories aren't saved and there's >>> some important data in there. If I answer yes, there then is a sleuth >>> of hidden files that are saved that I don't really need. >>> >>> One way around this is to copy those 2 directories and then rename >>> them without the beginning ".". This way you miss a few files or >>> directories if you don't also rename them -- such as .#evolution.sbd >>> and .parentlock -- which... might not be important -- but why the hell >>> are .thunderbird and .evolution hidden in the first place? >>> >>> >> Another way around it is to use the nautilus integration with k3b. >> Unlike k3b, nautilus has a selection for "view hidden files". Then you >> can drag and drop precisely what you need from nautilus to k3b. >> >> >> > > Another simple way would be: move .thunderbird and .evolution to some > not-hidden files and let .thunderbird be a soft link to that > not-hidden file. > When one has to make changes like that...and remember they made them...and why...and it conflicts with "normal" operation I, personally, wouldn't classify that as "simple". :-) -- All men have the right to wait in line.
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