[Wine] Re: Files from an old drive

[pyrotech91]

jorl17 wrote:
> 
> pyrotech91 wrote:
> > 
> > John Drescher wrote:
> > > On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 2:43 PM, pyrotech91 <wineforum-user at winehq.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I had to install to a new HD because my update to 10.04 didn't go well.
> > > > I have access to the file system of my previous install (dolphin)
> > > > I have installed Wine.
> > > > I run Wine for a password safe program that I have all of my Passwords in.
> > > > Can I get the saved password files from my old HD?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Copy the old wine prefix to you new hard drive. If you want copy the
> > > entire user profile.
> > > 
> > > John
> > 
> > 
> > I'm not sure how to do that
> 
> 
> Inside your old home folder, there is another hidden folder called .wine (with the dot included). Copy that folder to your new home folder and you will have backed-up your entire wine info. This does not reinstall Wine, but merely it's prefix (definitions+drive_c...).
> 
> Basically you could just:
> 
> cd /path_to_old_mounted_drive/home/<username> (or wherever your home folder was)
> cp -r.wine ~ (Assuming ~ is currently pointing to your current home directory, which should be the case if you run this from your newly configured account.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jorl17


OK, I've stopped being an idiot.
Thanks for the help.
(panic is a terrible thing)