On Wednesday 09 July 2008 10:05:26 Hugo Mills wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 09:17:01AM +0100, Lisi wrote:
> > I have tried to do this by various routes, all have failed. The most
> > likely to be rescued is my attempt at using mv. But I am clearly getting
> > my syntax wrong, because it doesn't work.
> >
> > mv /home/peter/Thunderbird_backup_files/.thunderbird/59uwmlpn.default
> > /home/peter/.thunderbird/8qfkppsa.default
> >
> > moves 59uwmlpn.default, and places it _inside_ 8qfkppsa.default. What I
> > want it to do is rename 59uwmlpn.default to 8qfkppsa.default, and then
> > use it to replace the original 8qfkppsa.default.
> >
> > What is my syntactical error?
>
> You need to move 8qfkppsa.default out of the way first. Use mv to
> rename it to something else.
Did that, and did mv 59uwmlpn.default again. Now if I try to start
Thunderbird, I have:
<quote> Thunderbird is already running but is not responding. To open a new
window you must first close the existing Thunderbird process, or restart your
system. </quote>
I have tried:
#ps -Al
No sign of Thunderbird.
So I ended the session and started another. Still not sorted.
Restart system. Still not sorted.
Shut down. Wait. Start system. _Still_ not sorted.
Help!
TIA
Lisi
