Question on gnuCash file

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Fri Apr 25 09:23:36 EDT 2008


Maybe David Resier will respond with the location of the tracefile
on OSX.  Also keep in mind that the system might auto-delete files
out of /var/tmp periodically; when was the last time you ran gnucash
and had this problem?

-derek

Melinda Savoy <savoymp at yahoo.com> writes:

> Thanks for the help Daniel.  I looked in my /var/tmp directory and did not see a gnucash file there either.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Daniel Horwood <mp at dpj.sent.com>
> To: Melinda Savoy <savoymp at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:58:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Question on gnuCash file
>
> On OSX the gnucash.trace file is in /var/tmp
>
>
> On 25/04/2008, at 9:28 AM, Melinda Savoy wrote:
>
>> Sorry I was unable to get back to you yesterday.  We had storms here  
>> in N. TX and our electricity went out.
>>
>> I looked in the root directory of my box for a /tmp directory and  
>> found no gnucash file at all.
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
>> To: Melinda Savoy <savoymp at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:47:28 AM
>> Subject: Re: Question on gnuCash file
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Melinda Savoy <savoymp at yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>> Derek,
>>>
>>> Sorry for the delay in responding but I had to wait on my sys admin  
>>> (husband)
>>> to respond.
>>
>> No worries.  I can understand.
>>
>>> He tells me we're using the SAMBA/SMB file filesystem.
>>
>> Ah.  yes, the JOYS of Samba..
>>
>>> Any direction or help would be GREATLY appreciated.
>>
>> Umm...  Samba sucks?  Seriously, GnuCash has ALWAYS had issues
>> on Samba, partly because it's so different than standard Unix
>> file systems.  Many of the features just don't translate well.
>> And you're on OSX, so the SMB support has received even less
>> scrutiny.
>>
>> The way gnucash saves the data is:
>>
>>  create tempfile
>>  write data to tempfile
>>  delete datafile
>>  link tempfile to datafile
>>  delete tempfile
>>
>> My guess is that the "link tempfile to datafile" is failing for some
>> reason.  If there's any issues with this they would go into
>> /tmp/gnucash.trace   Does that file say anything interesting?
>>
>>> Regards.
>>
>> -derek
>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
>>> To: Melinda Savoy <savoymp at yahoo.com>
>>> Cc: rcriii at ramsdells.net; gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:39:36 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Question on gnuCash file
>>>
>>> What network filesystem are you using?  Is this a SAMBA/SMB share or
>>> an NFS share?
>>>
>>> -derek
>>>
>>> Melinda Savoy <savoymp at yahoo.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Robert,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks so much for the reply.  I actually open the file that is on  
>>>> the
>>> server itself.  I do have permissions to write to that server  
>>> because I do it
>>> through windows computer with no problem.  When I save the file in  
>>> the gnuCash
>>> application I'm showing no errors but when I go to the server where  
>>> the file
>>> resides I no longer see the file. I realize it sounds weird.
>>>>
>>>> Here is the sequence of events:
>>>>
>>>> 1.  Open the gnuCash application
>>>> 2.  I click on an account, specifically the checking account, and  
>>>> make my
>>> entry.
>>>> 3.    I click the SAVE button.
>>>> 4.    I exit the gnuCash application.
>>>> 5.    I go to finder on my mac and then go to the network share to  
>>>> see if my
>>> file is still there and the 2008_gnuCash file is gone.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again for your help.  Hope this helps in answering my  
>>>> question.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know if you have any additional questions.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>> From: "rcriii at ramsdells.net" <rcriii at ramsdells.net>
>>>> To: Melinda Savoy <savoymp at yahoo.com>
>>>> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>>>> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 4:43:45 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Question on gnuCash file
>>>>
>>>> Melinda,
>>>>
>>>> What is the exact sequence of events?  Do you copy the file to  
>>>> your local
>>>> drive then open that?  In that case then any file on the server  
>>>> would not
>>>> be updated.
>>>>
>>>> Do you open the file on the server, then save locally?  Same result.
>>>>
>>>> In general gnucash should be writing your changed data file to the  
>>>> same
>>>> directory as your log file, where is it appearing?
>>>>
>>>> If the original (before any changes you made) file disappears from  
>>>> the
>>>> server, than I suspect your problem is not with gnucash.  Do you  
>>>> have
>>>> write permission on the server?
>>>>
>>>> Robert
>>>>
>>>>> I forgot to mention that I used macports to download and install  
>>>>> the
>>>>> gnuCash 2.2.4 version.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>>> From: Melinda Savoy <savoymp at yahoo.com>
>>>>> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>>>>> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 6:06:21 AM
>>>>> Subject: Question on gnuCash file
>>>>>
>>>>> I downloaded the new gnuCash version 2.2.4 last week on my new  
>>>>> mac and
>>>>> finally got it to where I could open a file that we have on one  
>>>>> of our
>>>>> servers.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I open the gnuCash file there is no problem. But I'm  
>>>>> apparently
>>>>> having a problem whereby after I've saved the file via the gnuCash
>>>>> application I am losing the file out on my server.  It's getting  
>>>>> deleted
>>>>> for some reason.  Luckily I had made a copy before trying to do  
>>>>> any work
>>>>> on it and have my work saved.
>>>>>
>>>>> Attached please find the log file that is created.  I can't make  
>>>>> heads or
>>>>> tails of what the problem could be and was hoping someone may  
>>>>> have some
>>>>> time to look at it and let me know what I've done wrong or if  
>>>>> I've got
>>>>> something not setup correctly on my mac version of the gnuCash
>>>>> application.  If I go to a windows or linux box and make the same  
>>>>> change
>>>>> there is no problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any direction or help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>>
>> -- 
>>       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>>       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>>       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
>>      warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>      
>> ____________________________________________________________________________________
>> Be a better friend, newshound, and
>> know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.  Try it now.  http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
>> _______________________________________________
>> gnucash-user mailing list
>> gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
>> -----
>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>
>
>       ____________________________________________________________________________________
> Be a better friend, newshound, and 
> know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.  Try it now.  http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
> _______________________________________________
> gnucash-user mailing list
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
> -----
> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>
>

-- 
       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available


More information about the gnucash-user mailing list