did gnucash destroy my account?

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting "John H." <mistamaila at gmail.com>:

> Ok, I am using GnuCash 2.0.2
> Built 2006-10-11 from r14936
>
>
> I opened my old book the first time just fine,made a change and saved.
>
> now i get this on trying to open it
> Can't parse the URL /home/user/.gnucash/books/bookname
>
> what's the problem?  i was told by another user this meant the book
> was destroyed??????????
> did i lose all my data from that account?

If you made the major mistake of trying to store your data file in
~/.gnucash/books, then yes, you shot yourself in the foot.  Grab
the most recent backup file (bookname.YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.xac), move it
OUT OF THAT DIRECTORY, and then open that.  You'll need to re-perform
all your operations previously done.

Note to you and everyone else: gnucash owns ~/.gnucash -- never store
anything there yourself without gnucash documentation saying you can.
GnuCash reserves the right to destroy the contents of ~/.gnucash at
will.

-derek

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