export accounts?

[Dave Cottingham]

I'm trying to close the books on the old year and start up a new set for
the new year.  I poked through the archives of this mailing list to get a
clue how to do this, and found some advice to "export the account list." 
This sounds good to me, but I can't figure out how to do it.  I fear the
problem may be that I'm using version 1.4.9, since I can't get 1.6 to work
on my machine (long story).  So is the problem that 1.4.9 lacks this
feature, and if so, any ideas for a workaround thats easier than
re-entering the whole chart of accounts?

Thanks in advance,
Dave Cottingham