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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] Backup of maildir files
From:       Dick Angus <RJA-Linux () shaw ! ca>
Date:       2007-02-26 17:26:05
Message-ID: 200702261026.07551.RJA-Linux () shaw ! ca
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Thanks for the quick reply.

I did copy the . files and all . directories and most files made it over. 
Konqueror kept saying that the individual maildir files could not be copied 
and offered skip -autoskip - cancel warning as options. cp and rcp copied 
all . directories and most . files, but on the maildir files (the individual 
e-mails with the odd naming convention like 1171914623.4762.qGNSI:2,S) I get 
a message - 

cp: cannot create regular file 1171914623.4762.qGNSI:2,S' : Invalid argument.

I have been doing google searches on problems copying maildir files and found 
many e-mails that mentioned maildir files are very hard to copy. I don't have 
them anymore, but could probably find them again if it would help. One of the 
e-mails suggested the rcp variant of cp, but it has the same problem as cp, 
for me.

I just re-executed the rcp command to get the error messages clear and the 
back up has /home/USER_NAME/.kde/share/apps/kmail/mail/MAILBOX_NAME/cur. I 
have view hidden files on (I can see the .kde and others) and cur is still 
empty. The rcp command is:

sudo rcp -r /home/USER_NAME  /media/LACIE/2007-02-25-Backup

I am backing up to a 250Gb LaCie USB, external drive.

Still no e-mail out there. Is using sudo an issue? I thought it might help. 
I'll try it again without sudo.

TIA

On Monday 26 February 2007 9:22 am, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On February 26, 2007, Dick Angus wrote:
> > I have been doing regular full backups of my /home/USER_NAME directory
> > feeling confident that I was covered. A few days ago I needed to do a
> > recovery and found all my e-mail gone. This was damned irritating, to say
> > the least.
>
> i'm going to guess you didn't back up hidden files as well, e.g. ~/.kde?
>
> > Now, through research, I find this a common flaw in KMail and
> > maildir formats.
>
> where did you read that?
>
> > any information on how to do a backup of maildir. KMail does not have a
> > backup feature,
>
> this is something i'm hoping kamion will help fix in kde4
>
> > Konqueror fails to copy maildir files,
>
> what was the error?
>
> > and both cp and rcp fail as well.
>
> what was the error?
>
> > How can a person backup their e-mail files with some degree
> > of confidence that they can recover if required?
>
> i've done it many times; it's simply a matter of copying the files about.

-- 
Dick - an old mainframer trying to get current.
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