Log files and swap space

[Doug]

I don't know about the swap (I'm running 1.4.3, 1.4.9 wouldn't install=20
because it wouldn't accept the ld??.so.9), at any rate, after the first t=
ime=20
I looked in that data directory and discovered all those *.log and *.xac,=
 I=20
checked it out and it seems each time you run gnucash, a new set of files=
 is=20
created, when I checked it out, I discovered that the only "valid" data f=
ile=20
is the one that don't have an extention, so I created a little python uti=
lity=20
that purges that directory and set it up to do that once a week.  The sam=
e=20
utility I use to run gnc-prices to get the stock quotes, works great here=
:-)

But, I do recommend keeping a backup copy of the "data file without the=20
extention"

On Friday 16 February 2001 01:53 am, Ronald Roth wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am in the process of moving my bookkeepping from Emma to GnuCash. I'v=
e
> noticed that each time I make a new entry in GnuCash, a little bit more
> swap space is used. After about 50 entries, my entire swap(80 M) is use=
d
> up, and exitting GnuCash doesn't free up the space. My computer is
> essentially slowed to a swapping crawl until I restart X. Is this a mem=
ory
> leak in GnuCash? is there anything I can do to prevent this behavior? I
> have GnuCash 1.4.10 on RH 7.0 with Gnome.
>
> Also, after exiting GnuCash, my desktop is littered with files named
> "accounts.gnucash.20010215223111.log, accounts.gnucash.20010215224806.x=
ac,
> accounts.gnucash.b7183e08.15422.LNK" etc. What is the purpose of these
> files, and can I make GnuCash clean them up? or at least put them somew=
here
> else? or perhaps not create them at all?
>
> Thanks a lot!
> -Ron Roth
> rroth@uiuc.edu
>
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Leon McClatchey
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