Temporary File Deletion

[Mike or Penny Novack]

>Yes.  See also
>Edit > Preferences > [tab:] General > [section:] Files > [option:] Retain Log Files.
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I didn't refer to those options for a very good reason. Whether you can 
make GOOD use of that feature depends very much on your general backup 
procedures as well as your normal schedule of GnuCash use.

For example -- a business user whose bookkeeper will be opening GnuCash 
every fiscal day and/or has a daily or weekly full data backup could 
usefully use a retention of log files setting. For those whose use of 
GnuCash is irregular/unpredictable not so useful. Neither a "specified 
by amount of time" or "specified by number of saves" by itself is 
adequate in that case.

Remember -- I wasn't referring to HOW the log files were deleted, 
whether manually or by a "retain for" setting. I was trying to explain 
that the key consideration is your overall backup procedure. .For 
example, suppose you had an automated data backup running once a week. 
Then an automated "keep for 10 days" would be safe -- the deleted data 
guaranteed to exist in SOME backup version.


Michael