strange file name

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

carpetnailz <carpetnailz at researchintegration.org> writes:

> Ok, that helps. But how do I tell which is the main file and which is
> the backup? I think I always just let GnuCash open the file I last had
> open, so how can the backup files sneak in there? (No one else uses
> GnuCash.)

The "main file" is what is displayed on the titlebar.  The "backup"
files are all named <main file>.YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.xac

> I just renamed the latest file "Personal.xac." If I don't do anything,
> should GnuCash always open that file and not some backup file? 

Provided you did a File -> Open on the corrected file, and then
be sure to exit gnucash so that information is saved in GConf..

> When and how does GnuCash make a backup file?
>
> Thanks. EB

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-derek

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