1.8.2 - Not detecting truncated file

[Derek Atkins]

This has already been reported:

        http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110606

-derek

Tony Bloomfield <tonyb.lx at btinternet.com> writes:

> Running gnucash today, I noticed quite by chance that some transactions seemed 
> to have disappeared. I therefore tried to gunzip the file, to see what might 
> have happened. gunzip failed with an 'unexpected end of file' message. 
> Checking the Linux logs reminded me that I had a system problem at just about 
> the time I last saved, which no doubt caused parts of the file not to be 
> flushed to disc. However, if gunzip can detect this fact, why not gnucash 
> too?
> 
> Fortunately, my last backup (XAC) file was complete and I was able to recover. 
> But it was only luck (viewing an account I seldom used) that I noticed the 
> problem while my backups were still available.
> 
> I guess I should open a bug report for this, but would appreciate comments 
> first.
> 
> Cheers,
> TonyB
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