saving a gnucash data file

[Colin Law]

2009/8/13 Phil Longstaff <plongstaff at rogers.com>:
> What version of gnucash?  If it is one of the 2.3.X series, be aware that these are *unstable* versions that have been released for testing.  The reason that File-Save is disabled is because they use a new database backend and changes are automatically saved when they are made.
>
> If you want to just test gnucash with this backend, fine.  If you want to use it for real work, use the stable 2.2.9 release.
>
> Phil

In addition don't forget that the fact that the data is now stored in
a database (if that is how you have set it up) does not mean that that
there is no need to generate backups.  If the disk with the mysql (or
whatever) database on it dies, you will loose your gnucash data.  Work
out where the database is stored on your system and backup that
routinely.

In the fullness of time a 'backup database' feature might be useful in
GC that would generate an sql dump of the db.

Colin