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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] Kpilot Ate my Future - automatic backup?
From:       "Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper" <vr () movingparts ! net>
Date:       2007-03-31 1:08:34
Message-ID: 200703302108.34410.vR () movingparts ! net
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On Friday 30 March 2007 18:03:55 Martin Bernreuther wrote:
> Am Freitag, 30. März 2007 schrieb Jason 'vanRijn' Kasper:
> > Please make sure you make frequent backups of your local and PDA's
> > databases. I know it sounds like you shouldn't have to, and in an ideal
> > world you wouldn't but when bugs come around and take your data from you
> > (as it looks like they might have here), you know how true this statement
> > is.
>
> Is there a way to have a automatic backup?
> Some applications like editors (kedit, kwrite) offer an entry in the setup,
> where you can specify, if a copy of the previous version is retained when
> saving a file. And maybe it's a good idea to have such a feature as the
> default for a fresh installation...

kpilot by default will backup the last copy of the databases on your palm, 
yes.  however, it doesn't keep history (yet).

> > As for your data...  do you have any backups of your palm data?  You can
> > look in ~/.kde/share/apps/kpilot/DBBackup/<yourusername>/ to see if you
> > have AddressDB.pdb, DatebookDB.pdb, ToDoDB.pdb, and MemoDB.pdb.  If you
> > do, save those off somewhere safe immediately!!!  Also, look in
> > ~/.kde/share/apps/korganizer/ for std.ics.  You might or might not have
> > std.ics~, which may contain a backup of your data.  If you have it, save
> > it immediately.  Similarly, your contact data will be in
> > ~/.kde/share/apps/kabc/ and you will hopefully have some backup files in
> > there because kabc keeps its own backup files.
>
> Are the backup files created only saving data directly with
> korganizer/kaddressbook, after a time period or also through a kpilot
> synchronization procedure?

No, these files are created outside of kpilot.


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