[Solved] AOO Writer user profile location in Linux
[Solved] AOO Writer user profile location in Linux
Hi,
I want to back up my OpenOffice Writer configurations and settings in my Linux Mint o/s and I assume they'd be kept in a user profile folder somewhere, but I can't find it. Does anyone know the location please?
I want to back up my OpenOffice Writer configurations and settings in my Linux Mint o/s and I assume they'd be kept in a user profile folder somewhere, but I can't find it. Does anyone know the location please?
Last edited by redx48 on Mon Jul 05, 2021 1:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.
OpenOffice 4.1.1 on Linux Mint 19.01
Re: OOWriter user profile location in Linux
On my Xubuntu machine, at
/home/<my user name>/.openoffice/4/
the . before openoffice indicates this is a hidden file. In your file manager press Ctrl H to view hidden files.
/home/<my user name>/.openoffice/4/
the . before openoffice indicates this is a hidden file. In your file manager press Ctrl H to view hidden files.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Re: OOWriter user profile location in Linux
where the tilde ~ is a shortcut to /home/<username> for the current user.
Cheers
David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.2.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.2 by Eric Hameleers
David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.2.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.2 by Eric Hameleers
Re: OOWriter user profile location in Linux
Not capitals on my computers - all lower case; this may vary according to exact linux distro.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Re: OOWriter user profile location in Linux
Sorry - brain fart I was looking at my default directory for documents, not the profile directory. It is in fact lower case. Mea culpa, mea culpa.
As self-punishment, I shall use Windows for a day !!
As self-punishment, I shall use Windows for a day !!
Cheers
David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.2.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.2 by Eric Hameleers
David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.2.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.2 by Eric Hameleers
Re: OOWriter user profile location in Linux
That seems a little extreme! Three Hail Marys and don't do it again!robleyd wrote:Sorry - brain fart I was looking at my default directory for documents, not the profile directory. It is in fact lower case. Mea culpa, mea culpa.
As self-punishment, I shall use Windows for a day !!
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Re: AOO Writer user profile location in Linux
Ok, I found the openoffice user folder. Looks like I need to backup the whole user folder because I can't find a specific profiles or configurations folder/file inside it.
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the help.
OpenOffice 4.1.1 on Linux Mint 19.01
Re: AOO Writer user profile location in Linux [Solved]
The User folder contains the entire OpenOffice Profile, including dictionaries and installed extension. So you do need to back it up in its entirety.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
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Re: [Solved] AOO Writer user profile location in Linux
Beware of the /backup folder in that profile. If you've activated the option to create a backup copy, then it can grow in size with all the documents being backed up there. You may want to ignore it from your profile backup.
LibreOffice 7.6.2.1 on Xubuntu 23.10 and 7.6.4.1 portable on Windows 10
Re: [Solved] AOO Writer user profile location in Linux
Thanks for that advice. It shouldn't be an issue though because I just copy/paste the user folder to a spare data ssd.Hagar Delest wrote:Beware of the /backup folder in that profile. If you've activated the option to create a backup copy, then it can grow in size with all the documents being backed up there. You may want to ignore it from your profile backup.
OpenOffice 4.1.1 on Linux Mint 19.01
Re: [Solved] AOO Writer user profile location in Linux
See Resetting the user profile for a full description of the folders in the profile.
LO 6.4.4.2, Windows 10 Home 64 bit
See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.
Remember: Always save your Writer files as .odt files. - see here for the many reasons why.
See the Writer Guide, the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials and Writer for students.
Remember: Always save your Writer files as .odt files. - see here for the many reasons why.
Re: [Solved] AOO Writer user profile location in Linux
Hagar's point is really that, if backups are enabled, the backup section of the User Profile will keep increasing, perhaps containing backups of older (now discarded) files. It can theoretically eat much disk space, so a little housekeeping is not out of place.redx48 wrote:Thanks for that advice. It shouldn't be an issue though because I just copy/paste the user folder to a spare data ssd.Hagar Delest wrote:Beware of the /backup folder in that profile. If you've activated the option to create a backup copy, then it can grow in size with all the documents being backed up there. You may want to ignore it from your profile backup.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Re: [Solved] AOO Writer user profile location in Linux
For example on my Linux system (although the backup folder isn't in the profie)
In other words, 532 files with a size of 209 Mb. Yes, I do need to clean up my backups and yes, it's an old kernel.
bash-4.3$ pwd
/home/huntsman/OpenOffice/backups
bash-4.3$ ls |wc -l
532
bash-4.3$ du -h
209M
In other words, 532 files with a size of 209 Mb. Yes, I do need to clean up my backups and yes, it's an old kernel.
Cheers
David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.2.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.2 by Eric Hameleers
David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.2.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.2 by Eric Hameleers
Re: [Solved] AOO Writer user profile location in Linux
If one is regularly using the timestamped backup extension, particularly on large (say book-sized) files, this, by default, stores its timestamped files in the Backups directory and can really consume disk space.RoryOF wrote: Hagar's point is really that, if backups are enabled, the backup section of the User Profile will keep increasing, perhaps containing backups of older (now discarded) files. It can theoretically eat much disk space, so a little housekeeping is not out of place.
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15 on Xubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Re: [Solved] AOO Writer user profile location in Linux
This one is using the extension, hence the size and number of files. My usual procedure is edit a bit, save, invoke the extension; repeat as needed.If one is regularly using the timestamped backup extension
Cheers
David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.2.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.2 by Eric Hameleers
David
OS - Slackware 15 64 bit
Apache OpenOffice 4.1.15
LibreOffice 24.2.2.2; SlackBuild for 24.2.2 by Eric Hameleers
Re: [Solved] AOO Writer user profile location in Linux
RoryOF wrote:redx48 wrote:Yes, I understand Hagar's point ok. My point, which I should have explained better, is that I do manual backups only. I don't have backup software enabled. I used to have Timeshift saving snapshots to a spare partition but changed my thinking about the way I handle the whole backup process.Hagar's point is really that, if backups are enabled, the backup section of the User Profile will keep increasing, perhaps containing backups of older (now discarded) files. It can theoretically eat much disk space, so a little housekeeping is not out of place.[/quote wrote:
Thanks
OpenOffice 4.1.1 on Linux Mint 19.01