File problem

[Colin Law]

On 2 February 2013 17:07, David Ryder <dnryder at btinternet.com> wrote:
> I'm confusded why the files with the pink dots are there and if they mean
> the data is corrupted - see here

No idea what the dots mean, which OS are you using?  Is it something
you see in other folders?

Colin

>
> No - I'm using xml format.
>
> A backup? I'm fanatical ...
> David
>
> On 02/02/13 16:25, Colin Law wrote:
>
> On 2 February 2013 15:02, David Ryder <dnryder at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Colin,
> I can't save to the same folder without the .gnucash extension - I get the
> message:
> ...That database may be in use by another user, in which case you should not
> save the database. Do you want to proceed with saving the database?
>
> That is odd, you are not using sqlite format are you?  I don't get
> that message, but I also see that one cannot save the file without the
> .gnucash extension.  However actually all you have to do is to close
> Gnucash, rename the file (remove the .gnucash extension) open GC,
> which will complaint that it cannot find the file and then use File >
> Open to open it.  From thereon you should be ok.  You have, of course
> got a backup of the file haven't you.
>
> I'm using ubuntu 10.04.1 - it does not know the file is gnucash unless I
> manually associate it.  For me it associated when I installed GC from the
> repository.
>
> If I save to another folder, how will I know if the data is corrupt? I need
> to solve the problem of having .log...log and .gnucash...gnucash files don't
> I?
>
> Not sure why you think the data might be corrupt, but in fact as noted
> above saving to another folder does not help as it would still have
> the .gnucash extension.
>
> A completely different alternative you might like to consider is to
> have a set of shortcuts, one for each of your sets of accounts, which
> start gnucash automatically for the appropriate accounts.  Then you
> would not have to go off browsing for the files at all.  Just click
> the appropriate shortcut for the accounts you want.
>
> Colin
>
> David
>
> On 02/02/13 13:15, Colin Law wrote:
>
> On 2 February 2013 10:40, David Ryder <dnryder at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> gnucassh 2.4.7
>
> I use gnucash (obvious). For years  I have sometimes had to look for the
> Gzip file to avoid opening books with the wrong file. This avoided the
> ...123.log456.log problem.
>
> I just started three more sets of books - oh, no gzip file. Just a
> <NAME>.gnucash file And (heart sinks) I see there are
> <NAME>.gnucash
> <NAME>.gnucash.123.log
> <NAME>.gnucash.123.gnucash.123.gnucash
> <NAME>.gnucash.123.gnucash.123.log
> <NAME>.gnucash.123.log456.log
> <NAME>.gnucash.123.gnucash
> files.
>
> In my list of recent files, all the new ones I created show as
> <NAME>.gnucash instead of just <NAME>.
>
> May I ask for help please on either how I can start these books over
> without
> losing data or on clearing up the mess of files?
>
> The default for the accounts file is <name>.gnucash as you have found.
>   An advantage of this is that the system knows that it is a gnucash
> file so you should just be able to double click it to open it in
> gnucash.  It should have the gnucash icon against it which I would
> have thought is better than gzip.
> However, if you don't want it with that name just open it in gnucash
> and then do File > Save As and remove the .gnucash extension before
> saving it.
>
> Colin
>
>