In Windows (I have Windows 7) Skype stores the history in the main.db file. What to do with this file to make history available in Linux Mint?

  • And if you run a parallel Windows and Linux client in parallel, will it not overtake history through the central server? - VladD
  • Launched in 3 copies (on two Linux and android at the same time) overtakes the story instantly. But here's what happens with the synchronization of statuses and other trifles ... Some kind of copy is “leading”, but which one is not understood. - PinkTux
  • SkypeExport claims to see even those messages that the official client does not see. On Windows, you can take ready-made binaries and pass the path to main.db in order to produce a html history. And recent history should be available, for example, if you go to web.skype.com for the first time, then the story is still shown. - jfs
  • @VladD, automatic synchronization only works for the last month or two. And somehow crooked ... - Qwertiy ♦

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The main base of Skype is here: ~/.Skype/имя_аккаунта/main.db Accordingly, either transfer this file entirely, or merge the Messages table.

In any case, this is the case: the main system is a mint, we put Skype under Windows, we transfer the Linux main.db , and everything is picked up without problems.

  • That is, the base file is platform independent? Although yes, it is logical. - Qwertiy ♦
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    So this is just a sqlite base. - PinkTux
  • And you can also not transfer, but simply make a symlink in Linux. Those. we store the file itself on the Windows partition, and in Linux it will be just a symlink with an absolute path. - don Rumata