File problem

[David Ryder]

Thanks Colin.
I guess having the <name>.gnucash file in the list of files solvers the 
problem of accidentally opening a backup file.

I have increased the number of files to show in the File>Menu to the 
number of books so now I don't have to use File>Open...

Would it be a worthwhile suggestion to the developers that if one is 
opening a backup file, a warning notice is displayed ( "You have 
selected to open a backup file. Do you wish to proceed (Y/N)?

I notice I am not the first by any means to do this. I can solve it in 
linux  by increasing the number of books shown but I don't know if 
Windows users can.

David

On 03/02/13 09:34, Colin Law wrote:
> On 3 February 2013 07:48, David Ryder <dnryder at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> Um - I put the dots there - I'm referring to the files themselves -:
>>
>> the first one for example is
>> <name>.GNUCASH<date-time>.GNUCASH<date-time>.GNUCASH
>> the third and sixth ones I dotted:
> OK, I see.  What has happened with the first one, for example, is that
> you opened the file <name>.gnucash.20121129135146.gnucash (which is a
> backup file from <name>.gnucash) in gnucash, so it made a backup of
> that by adding the further timestamp.gnucash on the end and also made
> the matching log file.  They are not corrupted, just backups of
> backups.  Nothing to worry about as long as you realise that you have
> opened one of the backup files rather than the original.
>
> Colin
>
>> <name>.GNUCASH<date-time>.GNUCASH<date-time>.LOG
>> (My caps to highlight I think those files indicate something went wrong
>> somewhere)
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On 02/02/13 17:21, Colin Law wrote:
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>