Re: [Gramps-users] Backing up files

[Peter H. <gr...@he...>]

On 05/05/13 13:58, Brock Inglehart wrote:
> I am currently using Gramps 3.2 for a family database.  I plan on
> updating my Ubuntu OS to the current 12.04LTS.  I don't know how the
> program stores the data files or what I need to do to safely back them
> up before changing OS.  Also, will the new versions be compatable with
> my data?
> Any help here would be appreciated.  As you can probably tell, I am a
> user level person with limited knowledge of the programs workings.

There is some information on the wiki
http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_make_a_backup

Basically, from Gramps, open your family database and select the file 
menu, then backup or export.  It will ask you where to put the backup 
file, so put it somewhere you can find so it can be copied to your new 
system.

Since you are updating (rather than a complete new install), the updated 
version of Gramps might be able to read the database from the old 
system, which it should find when it is first run.  (The Gramps database 
is stored under ~/.gramps .)  But you should make a backup of your data 
before upgrading, anyway.

HTH


Peter