Recoll: Can I safely exclude ~/.recoll from a full system backup?
Solution 1:
Yes, you can.
As a matter of fact, I let it start with option -c at /mnt/usb-C/C-gegevens/workeRmachine/.recoll which also has the xapian-database. The alias I use is stored in .bashrc, namely:
alias recoll='recoll -c /mnt/usb-C/C-gegevens/workeRmachine/.recoll'
(Do use >> .bashrc!!!)
In the .recoll/recoll.conf I used:
"topdirs=/mnt/usb-C/C-gegevens/workeRmachine/Documents /mnt/usb-C/C-gegevens/workeRmachine/Pictures"
And I regularly keep the user directory safe by issuing:
rm ~/.recoll