Hi all,
I have started using Kontact (KDE’s mail, calendar, addressbook, etc) again after a long time and at the moment I am loving it. I even found out how to make a backup of everything there is in Kontact.
I use the program pimsettingexporter for that. It’s part of Kontact.
In there I choose to backup everything, default setting, I choose the backup directory and a few minutes later I have a 3.5GB file with everything.

What I want now is to automate that. The program has to start automatically, using the correct settings and store the result in the folder of my choosing.
Once a day should be enough. When I have more than 7 files (7 days) in the backup folder the oldest can be thrown away, so I always have one week backup which is much more than what I have now. Also this last feature should be automated (if possible).
How do I do that?
Who can help me with that?

At the moment I have this:

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#!/bin/bash
name=$(date '+%F')
pimsettingexporter --export "/Data/.Email/$name.zip"

The program is started with the export window open. I still have to choose which export template I want to use. Well, I just want to use the default one wich includes everything.
When I confirm my choice the export starts and does create a zip file with todays date as name.
When done the program is not stopped yet, but I guess a simple kill will do the trick. (haven’t tried that yet).
How to set the default template as the one to use? How to stop the program in a normal way (without having to use kill)?

Nobody knows how to do this? That means I have to keep doing it manually. It works, as long as I don't forget to do it.

This is exactly my question. Please if you find the solution write it!