Where Is Data File? Name & Location?

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Quoting RZT55 <member5555 at yahoo.com>:

>
> It's possible I didn't.  Since it converted my QIF file as part of the
> "initial startup", I thought it was already saved and I didn't want to save
> any changes I might have inadvertently made while reviewing the conversion.
> Could this be why the file was never saved?

Yep.  Just like in Word, if you don't save the file it's never saved..
Doesn't matter how you get information into the file, import, typing,
direct brain transfer... If you don't save it then it's not saved.

Ideally we should force you to select a file location/name at the beginning
of the process.  But it doesn't do that now.

> Also, I would like to have control over where the data files (data,
> settings, etc.) are stored on my PC.  Can someone please describe the file
> storage structure for GnuCash or direct me to where this info is described?

You can put the data file wherever you want.
The extra files, however, are in locations we don't really control.
They are stored in %HOME%, wherever that points.

> -RZT

-derek

>
>
> Derek Atkins wrote:
>>
>> Did you File -> Save before you quit?
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> Quoting RZT55 <member5555 at yahoo.com>:
>>
>>>
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> I just downloaded GnuCash & imported my Quicken 2005 data (from a QIF
>>> file).
>>> I used the initial import feature that came up with running GnuCash the
>>> first time.
>>>
>>> It seemed to import the data fine but when I closed GnuCash and then
>>> re-ran
>>> it, I could not find the data file.  When I select File-->Open-->Open...,
>>> it
>>> defaults to the C:\Program Files\GnuCash\bin directory (I am using
>>> Windows
>>> XP).
>>>
>>> I do not know what the data file name is or where it is located.  I did
>>> discover a number of directories that were created under my C:\Documents
>>> and
>>> Settings\<name>\ directory like ".gnucash", ".gconf", ".gnome2", etc.
>>>
>>> I searched on Google but could not find anything except about backup
>>> files
>>> and logs.
>>>
>>> Maybe I'm just being dense, but it seems that GnuCash installs in a
>>> non-Windows standard way.  Normally programs create data files and
>>> directories in the "My Documents" directory, or the ...\Application Data
>>> directory, or in the directory they are installed in.
>>>
>>> Could someone please help me out by explaining or giving me a URL where
>>> file
>>> directory layout for GnuCash as well as where the data files are kept,
>>> and
>>> whether they can be relocated to a user-selectable directory.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance!
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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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