[kdepim-users] Kontact save location?

[Stan Goodman]

On Saturday 29 October 2011 07:52:35 Vinet Raphaël wrote:
> Le samedi 29 octobre 2011 02:52:57 Thomas Taylor, vous avez écrit :
> > Hi all;
> > Can someone please tell me where kontact stores the contact
> > information? I've lost all my contacts and want to get them back
> > from a recent backup but haven't been able to determine where the
> > information is stored.
> > 
> > Thanks, Tom
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think that what you search is in the directory
> /home/XXXXX/.kde4/share/apps/kabc
> 
> A+
> Raph

That directory has been mystifying me for many moons, and I do not 
understand it. Perhaps a knowledgable person could sprinkle some of his 
insight on the list to clarify it.

For example, my .../kabc contains the following:
drwx------ 2 stan users 4096 Oct 30 11:10 lock
-rw-r--r-- 1 stan users    0 Oct 30 11:10 std.vcf
-rw-r--r-- 1 stan users    0 Oct 24 00:47 std.vcf_1
-rw-r--r-- 1 stan users    0 Oct 25 11:08 std.vcf_2
-rw-r--r-- 1 stan users    0 Oct 26 09:59 std.vcf_3
-rw-r--r-- 1 stan users    0 Oct 27 07:10 std.vcf_4
-rw-r--r-- 1 stan users    0 Oct 28 15:21 std.vcf_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 stan users    0 Oct 29 01:14 std.vcf_6
-rw-r--r-- 1 stan users    0 Oct 30 11:10 std.vcf_7

What are all these std.vcf and std.vcf_x files for (especially given 
that they are all empty)?

The lock directory also puports to be empty, but presumably that may be 
deceptive.

Given that I have quite a large addressbook, what is clear is that the 
contact information is not in .../kabc, but is either hidden in the lock 
directory or is somewhere else entirely. Where, if at all, is it 
actually available.


-- 
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel
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