Recovering from crash

[Axel Essbaum]

On Oct 11, 2011, at 23:58, Derek Atkins wrote:

> 
> On Tue, October 11, 2011 5:51 pm, John Ralls wrote:
>> 
>> On Oct 11, 2011, at 2:01 PM, Axel Essbaum wrote:
> [snip]
>> If you're sure that you got the right file and that your work is still
>> missing, look at the log files for that data file -- and for any backup
>> files you might have entered data into (Those will have logfiles with
>> names that look like filename.timestamp.gnucash.timestamp.log). Quicklook
>> works on log files, so you can browse the log files in Finder. Find the
>> earliest one for which data does *not* appear in your data file and select
>> File>Import>Replay Gnucash .log File, then select that log file. Repeat
>> for every subsequent log file.
> 
> Just a quick warning...  The log file will NOT replay business actions. 
> So if you posted invoices or processed payments or did anything else with
> the business functions, replaying the log WILL DESTROY YOUR DATA!  Do NOT
> replay a log that has transactions from business feature operations or
> internal data structures will be completely messed up and you will have
> lots of trouble cleaning up later.
> 
> If you did lose business feature work I'm afraid the only thing you can do
> is redo the work by hand and then make sure you click save.
> 
> Save early, save often.

Yikes, thanks for the info Derek.  Pretty much all of the work I lost was business functions (posting of invoices).

I have now gone back and re-input everything by hand.

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Axel Essbaum
axel at essbaum.com