Log File Explosion on Check & Repair

[David T.]

I see 69MB of:

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C	ef0c1f7c7d95891133253e95d6c4c73e	a0df407c2c413dfa25bfb263e55b0a27	2010-12-07 22:24:46.000000 -0800	2007-01-26 00:28:09.000000 -0800	2007-01-23 12:00:00.000000 -0800	b03af6b33e9744e207f067f4ebcd4c91	Clothing		Payless Computer	OFX ext. info: |Trans type:Generic debit|Memo:2730 PURCHASE PAYLESS SHOESOURCE 93901 SAN PABLO AVE EL CERRITO C			n	1623/100	1623/100	1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000 -0800
C	ef0c1f7c7d95891133253e95d6c4c73e	b531abf56f4d240c0156b5fe791804f8	2010-12-07 22:24:46.000000 -0800	2007-01-26 00:28:09.000000 -0800	2007-01-23 12:00:00.000000 -0800	b252a39e153f001418c42a125e87da56	My Checking		Payless Computer	OFX ext. info: |Trans type:Generic debit|Memo:2730 PURCHASE PAYLESS SHOESOURCE 93901 SAN PABLO AVE EL CERRITO C			y	-1623/100	-1623/100	2007-02-27 00:00:00.000000 -0800
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Keep in mind, the file appears to be working. I was running C&R to fix a slow load.

David

--- On Fri, 12/10/10, Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:

> From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Log File Explosion on Check & Repair
> To: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "devel gnucash" <gnucash-devel at gnucash.org>
> Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 6:11 AM
> "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> writes:
> 
> > Is it normal for the Check & Repair All command to
> generate a log file 25x the size of my original XML
> datafile? I was having problems with very slow loading of my
> data file, so I ran Check & Repair All a couple of
> different times, and all of a sudden the partition holding
> the data file reached capacity. When I looked, the log files
> were on order of 45-50MB (my stored, compressed file is
> about 1.7 MB)...
> 
> Maybe.  It could be a bug in the C&R.  Or it
> could be your data file is
> extremely broken.  What's in the log file?
> 
> > David
> 
> -derek
> 
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