Replaying log files doesn't seem to restore entries

[andy thomas]

I left gnucash 1.8.9 running on a system for almost a year, with an 
account open that had not been saved since January 2007 (my default - I 
somehow thought it autosaved at regular intervals). During this period, 3 
entries were made into this account and 3 log files exist, the most recent 
being in November, 2007. After the system eventually went down owing to 
disk failure last month, I restored the account and the log files from 
backups to another system but on replaying the 3 log files in sequence 
using 'File... Import... Replay GnuCash .log file', a lot of output 
appears in the debug terminal but nothing is actually changed in any of 
the accounts. On saving the account, it's exactly the same file length as 
it was a year ago and diff reports no differences between this and the 
original file from last January.

What am I doing wrong? Incidentally, the whole of the user home directory 
was restored including the user's .gnucash folder. The other thing I have 
noticed is that after the last of the 3 log files was replayed, they all 
disappeared and were replaced by a new one with today's date.

This is not a disaster as the number of transactions involved is small and 
there is other paperwork, accounting reports and text notes from which it 
can be re-entered. But with the UK self assessment tax deadline just over 
a week away, it's something I'd rather not waste time on.

cheers,

Andy

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