Re: [LUG] Problems with Evolution

[Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 21:22, Neil Williams wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 July 2004 7:45, Peter James wrote:
> > Someone on this group did suggest copying the backup files to the HD in a
> > temp folder and dealing with the permissions and then copying to Evolution.
> >  Is this a valid suggestion?

That was me, and I had made the assumption that the backup was itself a
tarball as suggested in the URL I posted at the time.  I suggested
copying the tarball off the CD, changing permissions on *that* and then
unpacking the backup.  I'd hoped that changing permissions on the
tarball would change permissions on the files within.  Possibly a
mistaken hope.

> Far more sensible to use tar because it allows you to save and restore the 
> permissions. Read the manpage: man tar

True, I had assumed the backup was a tarball.

Kind regards,

Julian


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