Best practices in Gnucash file management

[Derek Atkins]

"Maf. King" <maf at chilwell.net> writes:

>> 2) Can I delete the "log-xac" files from times to times ?
>>
>
> Yes, the file.<timestamp>.xac files are the state at the previous save (i.e. a 
> backup), and the .log are the changes made during a session.  Theory goes, 
> (and I have not ever needed this, (yet!) so YMMV) that if you lose a session 
> of data entry, then you can open the last good backup, do a 
> file->import->replay log and be back where you were before the crash.  Note 
> that you can make GC delete these backups for you - see 
> Edit->Preferences->General.

I'll point out that these files are automatically deleted by gnucash
after a specified period of time (default is 30 days).  You can set
this in the Edit -> Preferences pages.

-derek
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