(responding to Tim)
> You really need to be sure that Thunderbird has fully quit running
before backing up its database.
Understood. That's how I did it. More below (in my response to sixpack13)
(responding to sixpack13)
> And what does this mean ?
1. I exited Thunderbird.
2. I renamed ".thunderbird" (mv .thunderbird thunderbird_new)
3. I copied the entire .thunderbird directory tree from my back-up to my
home directory.
4. I launched thunderbird from the Gnome Activities. This resulted in a
message box saying:
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You have launched an older version of Thunderbird
A newer version of Thunderbird may have made changes to your profile
which are no longer compatible with this older version. Use this profile
only with that newer version, or create a new profile for this
installation of Thunderbird. Creating a new profile requires setting up
your accounts, calendars and add-ons again.
-----
At this point, I know what I did (steps 1 through 4) failed.
5. I removed the restored .thunderbird (rm -rf .thunderbird).
6. I restored the new .thunderbird (mv thunderbird_new .thunderbird)
I've since again restored the back-up .thunderbird to my home directory
as "thunderbird_old".
Currently, in thunderbird_old, I have this:
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bash.7[thunderbird_old]: ls
1tfov4t1.default 'Crash Reports' installs.ini profiles.ini
bash.8[thunderbird_old]: cat profiles.ini
[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=1tfov4t1.default
Default=1
[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1
Version=2
[Install3DDF446CE6CB1A45]
Default=1tfov4t1.default
bash.9[thunderbird_old]: cat installs.ini
[3DDF446CE6CB1A45]
Default=1tfov4t1.default
bash.10[thunderbird_old]:
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Currently, in .thunderbird, I have this:
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bash.11[~]: cd .thunderbird
bash.12[.thunderbird]: ls
1tfov4t1.default installs.ini rx5mxeto.default-default-1
'Crash Reports' profiles.ini t1xbc5pq.default-default
bash.13[.thunderbird]: cat profiles.ini
[Profile2]
Name=default-default-1
IsRelative=1
Path=rx5mxeto.default-default-1
[Profile1]
Name=default-default
IsRelative=1
Path=t1xbc5pq.default-default
[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=1tfov4t1.default
Default=1
[General]
StartWithLastProfile=0
Version=2
[Install3DDF446CE6CB1A45]
Default=t1xbc5pq.default-default
Locked=1
bash.14[.thunderbird]: cat installs.ini
[3DDF446CE6CB1A45]
Default=t1xbc5pq.default-default
Locked=1
bash.15[.thunderbird]:
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I'm not clear what you're suggesting I do next, before dealing with
ownership and permissions.
thanks,
Bill.
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