deleting file names (Wm)

[Derek Atkins]

Hi Joe,

This is exactly why you should *always* reply to the list using your
mailer's reply-to-list or reply-all functionality.  I've been mostly
offline for the past two weeks which is why I haven't been able to
respond until now.

So...

JOSEPH AIELLO <jraiello at verizon.net> writes:

> HI Derek;
> yeh; it's   cosmetic; but still a nuisance. Any idea where gconf/gsettings  is
> sitting? is it in a module ?, buried in a routine/ How would go about to find
> it? Using the latest release 2.6.3 with win 7.
>
> ...... joe

Sorry, I have no idea where to look for this.

-derek

> On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 1:11 PM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> First, please both fix the subject and clip the non-relevant sections when
> replying to a digest...
>
> On Wed, July 30, 2014 12:32 pm, JOSEPH AIELLO wrote:
>> ref #3:
>>
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>>
>> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Subject: Re: deleting file names
>> Message-ID: <5eBt2qCizP2TFwQT at tarrcity.demon.co.uk>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1;format=flowed
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>> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 05:09:49
>> <1406722189.81453.YahooMailNeo at web121801.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>  JOSEPH
>> AIELLO <jraiello at verizon.net>
>>
>>>How can I delete file names? no longer needed? I am trying to do some
>>>housecleaning.
>>>I create some test files to try out things; I can?find the files and
>>>delete them but they still appear in the list.
>>>I can't find the script where these are located.
>>>Any help?????
>>
>> look in .gnucash/books you will see some .gcm files.  delete the ones
>> that offend you.
>>
>> --
>> Wm...
>>
> **************************************************************************************
>> Yes, I did that before I posed the question; but the files still appear in
>> the list when using the FILE command and when a listed file is hit, that
>> file  is reactivated. 
>> Why can't I find "the" file name when doing ' search programs and file
>> names' ? Are they encrypted or buried somewhere?
>>
>> .... joe
>>
>
> The file history is stored in the prefs database.  Where *THAT* is stored
> varies depending on GnuCash Version and OS/Distro.  In GnuCash 2.4 it was
> stored in gconf, but 2.6 moved to gsettings which uses different backends
> on each platform.
>
> Removing the data files (.gnucash) or the metadata files (.gcm) will have
> no effect on the visible history.  To affect that you must edit the
> configuration data in your system, which as I said varies from version/OS.
>
> Seriously, it's just cosmetic.  Just ignore it.
>
> If for some reason you cannot ignore it....  well, you can go spend the
> time to figure out where the gconf/gsettings store is for your platform
> and edit it out of there.
>
> Good Luck,
>
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>
> -derek
>
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