I would like to backup some KDE settings but don’t really know which files to copy from .config

Searching for their names in github.com/KDE has given me some idea about their purposes but I couldn’t find any comments or documentation there either.

  • mox@lemmy.sdf.org
    5·
    1 day ago

    Or do something like this, which is simpler, easier on your SSD, and doesn’t require installing git:

    find ~/.config -mmin -3

    That finds files under the .config directory that were modified less than 3 minutes ago.

    • Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      16 hours ago

      Ah, neat. I had to come up with my trick, because I wanted to know specifically which line changed to what. That’s pretty easy to see with git diff then. But yeah, if you just want to know which files changed, that’s certainly saner. 🙃

    • notanapple@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      thanks thats really useful! its amazing how much utility the linux shell has

      (thanks both of you)

      • mox@lemmy.sdf.org
        3·
        1 day ago

        You’re welcome.

        BTW, commands like these predate Linux. You’ll find them on BSD, macOS, Solaris, and practically every other OS with a Unix heritage.

        Edit: You might find this video (or at least the segment I’ll link) interesting.

        https://youtu.be/tc4ROCJYbm0?t=297