removing old .log and .gnucash files

[prl]

I have a related question. In
     Preferences>General
I have
     Retain log files: For: 14 days
but I have these log files kept:
Accounts.gnucash.20120301131838.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120330175206.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120301144654.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120330190823.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120302163459.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120330221946.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120303104416.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120331085854.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120303165320.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120331165636.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120303190705.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120331181709.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120306111744.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120331230752.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120306162245.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120401123025.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120307183308.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120401153520.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120308111607.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120402164323.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120308151010.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120404165030.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120309101036.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120405095009.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120310100315.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120405154253.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120312171154.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120406183137.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120313163236.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120407102911.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120315132139.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120407163552.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120315203953.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120408120205.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120317103903.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120409110042.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120317125959.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120409160551.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120317181942.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120410110117.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120317191121.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120410175459.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120318143206.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120411104717.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120320123852.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120411105242.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120321153140.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120411111010.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120322154010.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120412125315.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120323162702.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120413173721.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120324110150.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120414100302.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120324122120.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120414171217.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120324185855.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120415114819.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120325173358.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120416135236.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120325174132.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120417120514.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120325180130.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120418183937.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120326145533.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120419105446.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120326165045.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120419115633.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120326174404.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120419165820.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120328122924.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120420120651.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120330150029.log     Accounts.gnucash.20120420170829.log
Accounts.gnucash.20120330152953.log

i.e. going back to 1 March, more than 6 weeks ago. They'd go back even 
further if I didn't occasionally clean them out manually.

GnuCash 2.4.10, MacOS X 10.7.3. MacBook Pro Intel 2.26GHz.

Peter


On 20/04/12 14:24, Paula Hendricks wrote:
> is there any reason i need to hang on to old .log and .gnucash files... ? i seem to be collecting a gazillion of these files and i certainly wouldn't get rid of recent ones, but can i delete older ones without harming anything?
>
> thanks.
>
> 	ph
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