r22400 - gnucash-docs/branches/2.4/guide/C - [22391] Add a non complete section for migrating GnuCash data.

[Geert Janssens]

Author: gjanssens
Date: 2012-09-19 17:02:41 -0400 (Wed, 19 Sep 2012)
New Revision: 22400
Trac: http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/22400

Modified:
   gnucash-docs/branches/2.4/guide/C/ch_basics.xml
Log:
[22391] Add a non complete section for migrating GnuCash data.

Modified: gnucash-docs/branches/2.4/guide/C/ch_basics.xml
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--- gnucash-docs/branches/2.4/guide/C/ch_basics.xml	2012-09-19 20:52:22 UTC (rev 22399)
+++ gnucash-docs/branches/2.4/guide/C/ch_basics.xml	2012-09-19 21:02:41 UTC (rev 22400)
@@ -880,6 +880,36 @@
     </sect2>
   </sect1>
 
+  <sect1 id="basics-migrate-settings">
+    <title>Migrating <application>&app;</application> data</title>
+      <para>Sometimes you may need to move your financial data and <application>&app;</application> settings to another machine.
+      Typical use cases are when you buy a new computer or if you want to use the same settings over two different operating 
+      systems in a dual boot configuration.</para>
+
+   <sect2 id="migrate-financial">
+     <title>Migrating financial data</title>
+     <para>Migrating <application>&app;</application> financial data is a as simple as copying the files with <filename>.gnucash</filename> 
+     extension with a file manager if you know where they are saved. If you can’t rememeber where a file is stored 
+     but you can open it directly within <application>&app;</application>, save it in the desidred path from within
+     <application>&app;</application>.</para>
+
+     <para>The rest are either backups or log files. It won’t do any harm to copy them too, but it’s not likely
+     to do any good, either.</para>
+   </sect2>
+
+   <sect2 id="migrate-prefs">
+     <title>Migrating preferences data</title>
+     <para>The paths where the <application>&app;</application> preferences files are stored may vary
+     depending on your operating system.</para>
+
+     <para>On MacOSX, copy <filename class="directory">~/Library/Application Support/gnucash</filename>,
+     <filename class="directory">~/.aqbanking</filename>, and <filename class="directory">~/.gconf*</filename>.
+     These are your settings, custom reports, and what have you. If you don’t use online banking, 
+     you won’t have <filename class="directory">.aqbanking</filename>.</para>
+   </sect2>
+
+  </sect1>
+
   <sect1 id="basics-together1">
     <title>Putting It All Together</title>