GnuCash Log Files - How to manually recover?

[Paul Harouff]

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> From: Paul Harouff <pharouff@comcast.net>
> To: novalug <novalug@tux.org>
> Subject: [novalug] GnuCash Log Files - How to manually recover?
> Date: 11 Jan 2003 20:23:54 -0500
> 
> The other day for about 6 hours I entered 4 months of records from
> several bank accounts. Unfortunately they weren't saved but all the
> information is in the log file for that day. There is no xac file so I
> can't automatically recover.
> 
> I did a Google search and searched the GnuCash website. The latest
> information is for the 1999 release of GnuCash which basically says
> there is no automatic recovery from log files (but maybe soon) and
> manual recovery from log files is tedious. That would imply that manual
> recovery from a log file is possible.
> 
> The trouble is I can't find any information on HOW to manually recover
> from a log file. The data in the log file is formatted completely
> different from the database file (actually the log file makes more
> sense to me).
> 
> Does anyone know where to point me for more information. Is a script
> available?
> 
> -- 
> Paul Harouff
> Alexandria, VA
> pharouff AT comcast DOT net