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Re: backing up *FULL* gnus state
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Leonidas Tsampros |
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Re: backing up *FULL* gnus state |
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Tue, 04 May 2010 15:47:40 -0000 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) |
Maurizio Vitale
<mav@cuma.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> writes:
> occasionally, sometimes, somewhere, I need to do a full linux reinstall
> wiping my home directory clean. Although I save my .newsrc* files, I
> always find that some part of my state is not preserved across the
> reinstall. Things that at different times haven't been preserved are:
> - nnml groups (these often come up after a bit of playing around, but
> I'm not sure what I do to make it happen. They seem unsubscribed)
> - rss feeds
> - scoring/banning of authors
> - hierarchical group organization
> - mail fetching (so I have .authinfo added to my list of things to
> remember now)
> so my question is: what is the full list of files I need to backup in
> order to be able to wipe my home clean, reinstall those files and have
> gnus behaving *exactly* as before the big purge?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Maurizio
>
> ...and yes, I know that a separate partition for my home directory would
> solve this problem, but I'm afraid it would introduce others:
> distributions save craploads of stuff in home directories and I do not
> particularly trust the fact that they're compatible across major
> release, or different dstributions.
> I do have separate partitions for a few subdirectories of my home, though.
Hi Maurizio,
AFAIR last time I tried a full migration, apart from the gnus
configuration file, I copied over the following things:
* .newsrc*
* .authinfo
* the nnml-directory which in my case is set to ~/Mail.Gnus
(The active file is here. Also note that each nnml group has it's own
.marks/.overview files in it's directory.)
* and my News/ directory (haven't changed the default)
I don't remember losing anything while having transferred the
above. However, I guess that this depends on the amount of
configuration/customization you have performed in your .gnus file.
Good luck