Change the directory where log files are stored?

[David T.]

This comes up with some regularity. There is an enhancement request at:

http://gnucash.uservoice.com/forums/101223-feature-request/suggestions/1470507-configuration-option-for-backup-location

And, there was a bug filed in 2008 with some discussion of philosophical reasons for the management of logfiles at:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=537605

There are a couple of other enhancement request bugs at:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=638858

and

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=619119

David



________________________________
 From: Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com>
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org 
Sent: Monday, July 2, 2012 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: Change the directory where log files are stored?
 
On 3 July 2012 03:30, Jeff <jeff at forerunnertv.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/2/12 10:21 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, July 2, 2012 9:41 pm, Jeff wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Is it possible to change the directory where the log files are stored?
>>>
>>> Currently they are stored in the gnucash folder along with the .gnucash
>>> files.
>>>
>>> I would like to put them in a sub-folder called log if possible to reduce
>>> the clutter in
>>> the top level gnucash folder.
>>
>> Sorry, there is no way to do that.  The logs and backup files are always
>> stored in the same location as the main data file.
>>
>> Keep in mind that GnuCash will always re-open the last file you opened.
>> So unless you really have multiple files you can just restart gnucash and
>> it will re-open the correct data file.  If you DO have multiple files,
>> keep in mind that the backup and log files will always append the
>> date/time to the filename.
>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
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>>
>> -derek
>>
> Ok thanks Derek.
>
> I have setup a few gnucash files so the folder is full of log files and LNK
> and LCK files, so I have to scroll thru all of them to find the proper file.

The ones you have used recently should appear in the recent files list
in Gnucash under the File menu.

Also as Luke has suggested you could create a set of shortcuts on the
desktop, one for each file.  Then each set of accounts can be
instantly opened.

It might be a good idea to put each accounts file in a separate folder
in order to separate them.

Colin
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