user data in sandboxed applications

[Simon McVittie]

On Wed, 25 Oct 2017 at 09:51:59 -0400, Zach Villers quoted:
> > Your user data in sandboxed applications is just a collection of files
> > in your home directory. Back up and restore your home directory like
> > you normally would, and don't exclude ~/.var from those backups.
> > (You might want to exclude ~/.var/app/*/cache from backups though.)
> > 
> > duply/duplicity aren't sandboxed unless you have taken special steps
> > to sandbox them.
> 
> Thank you for your detailed answer! Could this be edited to make a good
> entry to the Flatpak FAQ? Willing to do that if Flatpak.org site accepts
> pull requests?

I'm not sure that this qualifies as a frequently asked question, but if
anyone wants to repurpose the email you quoted here to become part of
documentation, please consider it to be licensed under CC-0 ("no rights
reserved").

    smcv