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2007-02-24
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checkout my blog post on custom backups (so you can restore them from the regular restore utility):
http://internettabletmania.wordpress...d-for-bug-974/
You can add your own stuff to there easily by editing my-custom-backup.conf. I checked (by doing cd /etc/osso-backup/applications/; grep feed *), and /home/user/.osso_rss_feed_reader/feedlist.opml is already backed up with the normal backup utility.
From your post, I suppose you want to be able to backup & restore just this file, to workaround the bug where the file gets hosed. Just thought I'd mention it anyway, since it's a backup-related thing.
http://internettabletmania.wordpress...d-for-bug-974/
You can add your own stuff to there easily by editing my-custom-backup.conf. I checked (by doing cd /etc/osso-backup/applications/; grep feed *), and /home/user/.osso_rss_feed_reader/feedlist.opml is already backed up with the normal backup utility.
From your post, I suppose you want to be able to backup & restore just this file, to workaround the bug where the file gets hosed. Just thought I'd mention it anyway, since it's a backup-related thing.
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2007-02-25
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Thanks for that information.
I haven't actually used the normal backup utility. From the documentation, I got the impression you can only do a full restore, not just restore particular files. I think I need to take a closer look. Thanks again.
Art
I haven't actually used the normal backup utility. From the documentation, I got the impression you can only do a full restore, not just restore particular files. I think I need to take a closer look. Thanks again.
Art
For those who, like me, aren't all that proficient in the use of command-line tools, I thought it might be useful to describe what I did. (This will be old hat to veterans of the 770 but I'm guessing that the release of the N800 will have brought in a fair number of new users who haven't yet found their way around the file system.) The file that needs to be backed up is "feedlist.opml" and it's in a hidden subdirectory of your user directory, "/home/user/.osso_rss_feed_reader". To back the file up, do the following:
1. Start a terminal window. You should be in /home/user but if you're in any doubt the pwd (print working directory) command will verify this.
2. Enter
cp ./.osso_rss_feed_reader/feedlist.opml ./MyDocs/.documents
at the command prompt. This will put a copy of the feeds list in "Documents", where it is visible to the File Manager, with which you can move/copy it to your SD card in case, for example, you want to import the list into a reader on another computer.
3. If you're unlucky enough to need to restore your feeds list, first close the RSS reader, then
cp -f ./MyDocs/.documents/feedlist.opml ./.osso_rss_feed_reader
should overwrite the empty or damaged list file with the backup.
I'd be curious to know if anybody has any idea why the feeds seem to be prone to disappear. I opened feedlist.opml after this happened for the second time, and the <body> element was empty (in fact, I think it just consisted of "<body/>").
The other thing I wanted to ask is whether anybody can suggest any other files that it would be worthwhile to backup in this way?
Thanks,
Art