Transferring Date

[Rajiv Vyas]

The folder has so 85 or so log files and .xac files. So, it looks like I
saved the right folder. And I did manage to finally get the data out. Thanks
a lot.




On 10/20/07, Josh Sled <jsled at asynchronous.org> wrote:
>
> "Rajiv Vyas" <rajiv.vyas at gmail.com> writes:
> > I think I have probably made some mistake here. I just migrated from
> Ubuntu
> > 7.04 to 7.10 and  copied the GnuCash folder thinking that it would have
> data
> > of all my transactions. The questions are: Have I made a mistake? If
> not,
> > how do I retrive the data from the folder?
>
> What's "the GnuCash Folder"?  If you mean ~/.gnucash/, that directory is
> for
> GnuCash to store meta-data.
>
> GnuCash operates on data files, just like a word processor or spreadsheet.
> The data file would have been in the title bar of your main window, but
> obviously you can't get that anymore.
>
> You'll need find your datafile and File > Open it.  GnuCash doesn't
> enforce a
> particular extension, but we've recommended .xac, .gnc and .gnucash for a
> while, so it might have a name like that.  Alternatively, if you find a
> directory with a bunch of timestampped .xac and .log files, that directory
> probably has your datafile, as well.  Obviously, if you remember the name
> of
> the file ("myfinances" or whatever) then just find that.
>
> If you did store your datafile in ~/.gnucash/, please move it out of there
> at the earliest opportunity; that directory is for GnuCash, not you.
>
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