vanishing .xac and .log files

[Josh Sled]

hendrik at topoi.pooq.com writes:
> I just needed to track down some misreconcilation problems, and
> discovered that my .xac and .log files from before July 22 have
> disappeared?
>
> Now I suppose something weird might have happened; I don't think
> I deleteld them myself.
>
> Could gnucash have been deleting them itself?  If so, I don't suppose
> it saved them somewhere in compressed form so I can get them back,
> but HOW THE HELL DO I STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN?  AND WHY WASN"T
> I WARNED?

Check {Edit > Preferences > General > Files > Retain log files [ N ] days}.

Given today is ~25 days since 7/22, does the value of that preference agree?

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