/e/Notes: how to get / backup them?

Using /e/OS Applications
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Hi All

I’d like to backup all my Notes which are currently in the /e/OS app.
While /e/Drive was working, that was easy: they were explicitely listed as txt files in Nextcloud.

I understand that Nextcloud won’t erase them when backed up.
But this does not solve the problem: what should one do then?

Documentation suggests to backup manually each of them… I guess there might be a workaround. I’d like to avoid repeating this operation hundreds of times to be honest…

Any ideas?

Cheers!

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(the cloud storage is meant to come back any day?)

Most apps have an internal sqlite db, with adb root you can pull it. Path is always slightly different, but same pattern, see also Tasks and other accounts - #8 by tcecyk

adb pull /data/data/foundation.e.notes/databases/OWNCLOUD_NOTES
echo "select * from Note;" | sqlite3 -csv OWNCLOUD_NOTES > notes.csv
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Thanks @tcecyk , my notes are safe now!

Yes it is, I just wanted to backup important data before my devices gets backed synced. And by the way, to understand where the data are stored locally.

I don’t get why Notes are not made easily available and embedded in a hidded files system, but it is another story I guess.

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a better Notes app is one not built to be tethered to nextcloud. Just files

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I agree. That’s why I wonder why notes are not plain texte in e/os/. I’ll consider using another app