Backup and restore Osmo-pim

Question

I have entered names, addresses, birthdays and other information into Osmo-pim. It has worked great thus far, but my fear would be losing this information if my computer crashes. I am running Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon 64-bit.

How can I backup and restore the information that I have entered into Osmo-pim?

Answer 1

Update

As of Osmo 0.2.14, there is a Backup and Restore button included on the main screen which makes this whole process much simpler.

After you click backup, you see the below screen.

After you click restore, you see the below screen.

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Backup

Run the following command

cp -R ~/.osmo/ {backupDestination}

Restore

1. Install a clean copy of osmo-pim
2. Run the following command in the terminal

cp -R {backupDestination} ~/.osmo/

Additional Information

To determine where Osmo-pim stores its files, you just need to review the man page with the following command.

man osmo

Within the man page, it explains the following.

 FILES
       $HOME/.osmo/calendar_notes.xml - calendar groups and notes
       $HOME/.osmo/config.xml - configuration
       $HOME/.osmo/contacts_records.xml - contacts data
       $HOME/.osmo/ical_files.xml - active iCalendar files
       $HOME/.osmo/notes_entries.xml - notes list
       $HOME/.osmo/notes/*.osm - notes data files
       $HOME/.osmo/tasks_entries.xml - tasks data

Depending on the amount of information you have entered into Osmo, it may make the most sense to copy the $HOME/.osmo folder to your backup location.

There is a post on Ubuntu forums that is somewhat outdated and now incorrect.