Compression

[John Ralls]

On Feb 15, 2012, at 2:52 AM, Fred Bone wrote:

> On 14 February 2012 at 15:04, Alex Aycinena said:
> 
> [...]
>> That message you got ("This file/URL appears to be from a newer
>> version of GnuCash. You must upgrade your version of GnuCash to work
>> with this data.") is from an update I put in just recently. You don't say
>> but, because of this, I assume you are using gnucash version 2.4.10 on
>> your Windows platform. However, I don't understand why you would get that
>> particular message under these circumstances.
>> 
>> So I did some tests but could not reproduce your results. 
> 
> Yes I am using 2.4.10.
> 
> I found another old test file and was able to produce the same result. I 
> am attaching a copy in case you may be able to work something out. (This 
> file contains only fictitious data, nothing private.)
> 
> The attached file was created by 7-zip 4.65. The settings were:
> Archive format: GZip
> Compression level: normal
> Compression method: deflate (no other choice available)
> Dictionary size: 32KB (no other choice available)
> Word size: 32
> 
> GnuCash will not open this file. If I extract the contained file, GnuCash 
> opens that with no complaints.
> 
> Opening the original (uncompressed) file in JEdit and saving as .gz 
> produces a slightly smaller compressed file (than the 7-Zip version) 
> which GnuCash also refuses to open.
> 
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>   ---- File information -----------
>     File:  stocksplit.gnucash
>     Date:  15 Feb 2012, 10:13
>     Size:  4356 bytes.
>     Type:  Unknown

It opened just fine for me.

Regards,
John Ralls