Replaying log files doesn't seem to restore entries

[Derek Atkins]

andy thomas <andy at netstat-a.net> writes:

> 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 appears in the debug output?

> 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.

Well, you're using a VERY old release..  I mean, 2.0 was released
two years ago!  Even 1.8.12 is more recent that what you've got.
Version 1.8.9 was released over four years ago, so so it's quite
possible this bug was fixed in the intervening time.

> 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.

Save Early, Save Often.

> cheers,
>
> Andy

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-derek

PS: Autosave is in 2.2

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