Moving Files to another computer

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Keith Clark <keithclark at k-wbookworm.com>:

> On Wed, 2008-07-09 at 09:38 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Quoting Keith Clark <keithclark at k-wbookworm.com>:
>>
>> > I am trying to move my data files to another computer and then running
>> > gnucash from there.  I just can't sort out the mess of files in the data
>> > directory and which files to copy, and which one to run.
>>
>> Have you read the FAQ?  In particular:
>>
>>
>> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_What_are_all_these_.xac_and_.log_files_filling_up_my_directory.3F
>>
>
> Thanks.  I know understand what the files are in general, but when I
> move all the files in the data directory and run gnucash, it comes up
> with a really old version of the data.  About 4 months old.

Did you move your gconf settings too?  Or just ~/.gnucash?
Did you upgrade from 1.8 at some point?

Are you sure you File -> Open(ed) the correct file?

> Keith

-derek

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