rfc or suggestion--save backups function for gnucash

[Derek Atkins]

jdebert <jdebert at garlic.com> writes:

> Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
>> cron sounds like a better idea.
>> just copy them to another machine or a removable medium at a regular hour.
>>
>
> That is untimely, it seems. By the time cron got round to it, the data
> could be gone. Especially if there is a system problem.
>
> That is not to say that cron is useless. It is still good practice to
> do periodic backups as well.
>
> Backing up immediately before and after would improve the odds of
> saving current data. It's added insurance.

FTR, Gnucash already makes a backup copy of the data file before it
saves anything.  That's what all those dated files are.  As for
"backing up immediate after" -- if gnucash can't trust your system to
save a file, why should it trust it to save a backup/copy?  That's
just absurd.

-derek
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