rfc or suggestion--save backups function for gnucash

[Derek Atkins]

Sorry, but I still feel that it is NOT gnucash's job to make sure your
kernel wont screw us over.

-derek

jdebert <jdebert at garlic.com> writes:

> In the case of my corrupted data files, the kernel had problems with
> "complex" apps like gnucash. Saving in gnucash trashed the files it
> was writing, including backups.
>
> The wrapper used the relatively simple "cp", which the kernel seemed
> to have no problem with.
>
> Most "complex" apps were affected by kernel misbehaviour. It just
> happened that gnucash was the first thing used after a kernel
> update. It was the first really bad kernel I'd ever had. Up til then,
> they were sometimes flakey but never so bad as to damage stuff.
>
> The kernel also trashed 3 usb disks later on, wiping out the extra backups.
>
>
>

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