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Matthew
Asked: 2010-09-18 08:02:18 +0800 CST

How do I backup/restore my Empathy logs?

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I found a folder called ~/.local/share/TpLogger/logs. If I just copy that folder, and paste it into a new installation, will my logs be preserved? Or will they not be associated with the new accounts? I don't want to risk it until I know for sure.

10.10 empathy backup

2 Answers

  1. ~/.local/share/TpLogger/logs is the path to the empathy logs. The version of Empathy in Maverick uses telepathy-logger to log.

    I haven't tested restoring those, but I think account names are consistent, so should work.

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  2. Best Answer

    Yes, that will work on Ubuntu 10.10.

    On 10.04 (and I assume older versions), the folder you need to copy is ~/.local/share/Empathy/logs/ .

    If you use nautilus (the default file manager) to copy/paste the folder, you will need to allow it to 'merge' the folders when you paste.

    You could use this command to backup:

    cp -r ~/.local/share/Empathy/logs/* /path/to/backup/directory/empathy-logs

    or cp -r ~/.local/share/TpLogger/logs/* /path/to/backup/directory/empathy-logs

    And this command to restore:

     cp -r /path/to/backup/directory/empathy-logs/* ~/.local/share/Empathy/logs/

    or cp -r /path/to/backup/directory/empathy-logs/* ~/.local/share/TpLogger/logs/

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