finder: multiple items

[John Ralls]

On Sep 23, 2011, at 3:48 PM, suk wah bernstein wrote:

> reconciliation went well.
> 
> question. it seems that as recon process is going on there are items added
> into finder with names like:
> 
> Joint Personal Checking. GnuCash.gnucash.0.2524.LNK
> 
> Joint Personal Checking. GnuCash.gnucash.20110923123859.log
> 
> Joint Personal Checking. GnuCash.gnucash.20110923123900.log
> 
> Joint Personal Checking. GnuCash.gnucash.20110923125344.gnucash
> (multiple copies with different created, modified times.)
> 
> Joint Personal Checking. GnuCash.gnucash.LCK
> 
> can i trash them all except the one .gnucash with the most recent created,
> modified and last opened times?
> 
> is there a way to avoid this or is this something i have to do everything i
> open and work on an account? thanks.

You can delete the log files and backup files (Gnucash.gnucash.datetime.gnucash) if you want (safest to do it when 
Gnucash isn't running) or you can let Gncuash manage it by changing the settings under the "General" tab (Gnucash>Preferences).

Regards,
John Ralls