copying .local/share to new device
asked 2020-01-22 11:14:43 +0200
When preparing to move to a new SFOS device, I noticed a mix of files under the ~nemo/.local/share directory. Some seems to come straight from the system (e.g. dbus-1), some from SFOS (e.g. jolla-mail), some from the installed apps (harbour-<appname>) plus other directories used by the apps (e.g. Foil Pics saves its keys under foil).</appname>
Is there some rules or best practices on what should and what should not be copied over to the new device, in order to preserve the most of the settings/contents, and that is not already part of the SFOS backup app?
Yesterday I was trying to copy only the browser bookmarks from XA2 to X10+ (both on the latest release) and it yielded absolutely nothing. Didn't destroy anything either, yet still - it does not seem that simple.
Kopekenscheich ( 2020-01-22 12:14:50 +0200 )edit@Kopekenscheich
An example of copying from within
/home/nemoto/home/nemo;The above command should have copied bookmarks.json to /home/nemo.
If you want to copy files into the ROOT of the system, change the last part from '/home/nemo' to say '/usr/share/my-app/my-content'
The command given above uses 'cp' to cOpY the file. if it was a folder and not a file you would need to apply '-r' (recursively) meaning it will copy the folder and its contents. ('cp -r')
Spam Hunter ( 2020-01-22 13:11:14 +0200 )edit@Edz Thanks a lot - will try out and revert!
Edit: Aaaand it worked!
Kopekenscheich ( 2020-01-22 14:28:43 +0200 )editThere's an app called My Data Transfer for easy migrating to a new device, at OpenRepos.
eson ( 2020-01-25 14:17:13 +0200 )edit