Company File Name

[hendrik at topoi.pooq.com]

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 11:42:49AM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Quoting Tony Nelson <tonyn at openlearning.com>:
> 
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Sorry for the ultra basic question, but I'm confused by my companies
> > GnuCash file name, and also the large number of log files in my GnuCash
> > directory.
> >
> > Does OLC.20080409170103.xac.20080628075545.xac seem like a
> > legitimate/correct file name?
> 
> This means you started with a data file called OLC.  Then sometime
> after April 9, 2008 you opened a Backup file from 2008-04-09 17:01:03
> and made additional changes.  The most recent changes were made
> on June 28, 2008 at 7:55:45.

It does look as if on April 9 you opened a backup file called 
OLC.20080409170103.xac instead of your original file, OLC.
OLC is probably obsolete, although there may be transactions in OLC that 
never made it into OLC.20080409170103.xac.  You'll have to check.

> 
> > Also there are a ton of log files and .xac file in my GnuCash directory.
> > Is that to be expected?
> 
> Yes.  See the FAQ.
> 
> > Oh, one other question, when I launch GnuCash from my Ubuntu application
> > menu it can no longer find my company file, but if I go into my gnucash
> > directory and double click the file name above it opens?
> 
> The above file is a backup file.
> 
> I suggest you copy it to a new file (OLC2?) and work from there via
> File -> Open.
> 
> > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
> > --tony
> 
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> -derek
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