did gnucash destroy my account?

[John H.]

thanks!

On 11/30/06, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> 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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