problem recovering data

[Derek Atkins]

Hugo <hv at uninova.pt> writes:

> Where is the data file located?

It's located wherever you saved it.

> I was hopping to find it under my home directory but in there I only
> found the following:
>
> ~/.gnucash/config-1.8.auto
> ~/.gnucash/books/%2Fhome%2Fhagv%2FInvestimento%2Fcash%2FControl.csh

Well, you WILL want these files... But based on this I would
suggest looking at /home/gagv/Investimento/cash/ for a file named
Control.csh

> None of this files seems to contais the my data.

Correct.  These are ancillary files which you'll also want to copy.

>   Currently I am running version 1.8.6
>
>   I am not really shure what was the version number I was running but by
> looking at the files above I would say 1.8

Right, so you just need to move the data file, wherever you saved it.

>> File->Export wouldn't help you..  If you didn't migrate your data file
>> off the old disk, your data is gone..  It's not like GnuCash could
>> magically pull it out of the ether.
>> 
>> > Many thanks.
>> 
>> -derek
>
> Hugo

-derek

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