keep extraneous files?

Grant emailgrant at gmail.com
Sat Feb 25 23:54:09 EST 2012


>> I'm moving my finance.gnucash file from my laptop to a USB key and I'm
>> planning to back up the file to the laptop periodically.  Can I delete
>> the leftover .log files and other .gnucash files from my laptop?  When
>> I back up the file, do I need to back up any of the other files along
>> with it?
>>
>> - Grant
>
> Grant:
> Only the file "finance.gnucash" matters. The rest are backups, and
> alike, but it's safe to delete them (I used to sync between two PCs on a
> daily base, and that file is the only one I moved, and deleted the rest).
>
> Make sure you make a *good* backup of your fincance.gnucash file before
> you get rid of the others though. :)

I'm sorry Hugo, I didn't see your reply somehow.  Thank you.

- Grant



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