Back Up

[Donald Allen]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 5:26 PM, hermit <hermit at outofoptions.org> wrote:
> I really didn't mean to turn this into a thread beating up the OP over
> his backup strategy, which is essentially what this has become.  I
> purposely left out mine because it isn't relevant.   My point is that
> having a configurable second save path for you financial data isn't a
> bad idea, especially given the utility of making data transportable with
> todays external storage options and the importance of your financial
> data and how often it changes.
>
> Think of it this way.  I am in Gnucash.  I hit a button and my data
> stores to my phone via bluetooth.  Or I stick in my USB key.  How many
> of you actually do off site storage with your backups?  Phone and usb
> keys make it easier.  You can stick your resume.doc on a key, but how
> often does it change?  If your house burns down, the tax man doesn't
> care.  Making the data easier to save in more than one place and giving
> choices is not a bad thing in my opinion.
>
> Also, many answers to this thread have indicated 'tech savvy'
> approaches.  Isn't this the thing the open source community gets dinged
> for from time to time?  A little to user unfriendly?

Is it too user-unfriendly to expect people to

- know where their gnucash data is stored (which they themselves
determine when they first create the file), and
- know how to use a filesystem browser, such as Windows Explorer, to
copy the file to a USB stick or some other device?

Everything needed to make the backups you're talking about is already
provided by every environment in which Gnucash runs, so why do we need
to clutter the Gnucash UI and the code with another version of it?

Gnucash isn't Microsoft Bob or Computerized Finance For Dummies. It
takes some knowledge of your own computer just to get the thing
installed, not to mention using it effectively, so I really don't
think it's unreasonable to assume that people will be able to manage
copying a file from here to there, especially with a little
documentation.

/Don

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