Re: backing up

[Frank McCormick <debianlist@videotron.ca>]

On 26/05/12 06:14 PM, Frank McCormick wrote:
> On 26/05/12 05:41 PM, Aubrey Raech wrote:
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> > On Sat, 26 May 2012 16:57:23 -0400
> > Frank McCormick<debianlist@videotron.ca> wrote:
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> > > Is there an easy way to back up a couple of profile directories when
> > > you exit a window manager.
> > > I'd like to back up .thunderbird at least when I quit Icewm to GDM...
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > Since you are using GDM (gdm3?), you may want to take a look
> > at /etc/gdm3/* and the gdm3 man page. There is a script run at
> > initialization, after login, before starting the session, and after the
> > session closes (to return to the display manager's menu). I would take
> > a look in /etc/gdm3/PostSession/ and add to the script there anything
> > you want done after logging out.
> >
> > - --
> > Aubrey
>
> Well that looked like a way to do it...but when I tried cp -R
> ~/.thunderbird ~/.thunderbird.backup.....nothing happened. What am I
> missing ??


  Nevermind :) Found the backups in /var/lib/gdm3
  Didn't realize that's where GDM would put them.