Re: backing up *FULL* gnus state

[CSM 'illovae' Seldon]

Hi,

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?

I guess you're saving too your ~/.emacs* ~/.gnus* and all your personal
load-path ?

> 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.

That's wrong. You can easily wipeout hidden folders like ~/.gnome*
~/.kde* ~/.config or whatever -- if there's versioning problems -- in a
second instead of getting bored by moving around your $HOME files and
default config...

> I do have separate partitions for a few subdirectories of my home, though.

-- illovae

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