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Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] kaddressbook 3.4.2: Disabling backup files?
From:       Anne Wilson <cannewilson () tiscali ! co ! uk>
Date:       2007-03-18 13:02:09
Message-ID: 200703181302.10349.cannewilson () tiscali ! co ! uk
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On Sunday 18 March 2007 08:55, Robert Smits wrote:
> On Saturday 17 March 2007 07:19, Felix E. Klee wrote:
> > At Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:08:09 -0400,
> >
> > Allen Winter wrote:
> > > You cannot disable the generation of those backup files, nor change
> > > where they are stored.
> >
> > That's not so great.  Now, I probably need to write some script to be
> > wrapped around kaddressbook that cleans up these files.
> >
> > Why are the backup files so important? Are there stability issues with
> > kaddressbook?
>
> Why?
>
> There are only 7 of them and they're all relatively small. They're in a
> hidden directory, and they're not in your way.
>
> Keep them for the day when something overwrites and corrupts your std.vcf
> file and you lose all your contacts. Then you simply rename the latest vcf
> file to std.vcf and you haven't lost everything.

I've lost std.vcf after a power problem.  It really would have been critical 
if I hadn't had the backups.

Anne

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