making a copy of my gnucash "stuff" on a flash drive - RESOLVED

[Jay Ridgley]

Robert Heller wrote:
> At Sat, 01 May 2010 12:20:04 -0500 Jay Ridgley <jridgley2 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>> Folks,
>>
>>   What needs to be copied to a flash drive so that I may take a copy of all my 
>> gnucash data files with me when I visit my son (who is an accountant) next week?
>>
>> I copied the .gnucash directory but that was not enough... what else do I need? 
>> Can the copy be made while gnucash is running?
> 
> The .gnucash directory just contains your settings and stuff.  The data
> file also needs to be copied.  There is only one data file, but there
> will be backup copies and transaction logs, which you don't need to
> copy.
> 
> You *probably* don't want to make the copy while gnucash is running,
> unless you are sure you saved the data.
> 
>> Thanks,
>> Jay
> 
Folks,

  I just needed to know how much of the data to copy, thanks for all the input; 
it was most helpful.	

Chees,
Jay

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Jay Ridgley
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