Tr : Backing up prob

[AlainCageda]

How can I find out whether I'm using XML or SQL storage?

In any case I don't understand why the name of my *.gnucash file reamins the same everytime I use Gnucash, closing it and registering at the end of each session.

Alain








>________________________________
> De : Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com>
>À : AlainCageda <alaincageda at yahoo.fr> 
>Cc : "gnucash-user at gnucash.org" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> 
>Envoyé le : Dimanche 16 septembre 2012 14h05
>Objet : Re: Tr : Backing up prob
> 
>Hi,
>
>On Sun, September 16, 2012 6:32 am, AlainCageda wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> The hereunder msg was rejected as spam. 
>>
>> I'm trying again.
>>
>> Regards.
>> Alain
>>
>>
>> ----- Mail transféré -----
>>>De : AlainCageda <alaincageda at yahoo.fr>
>>>À : "gnucash-user at gnucash.org" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>>>Envoyé le : Dimanche 16 septembre 2012 12h05
>>>Objet : Backing up prob
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>
>>>I have a
>> couple or questions regarding backing up:
>>>
>>>
>>>1. In "Users
>>> My name" where *.gnucash files are stored, I never find
>> such a file dated of my latest modification (neither the Windows mention
>> "modified on" or in the name of the *.gnucash file which seems to remain
>> the same for ages even though I work on Gnucash most everyday). For
>> instance, these past days I was working with a file
>> marked "Modified 08/26" and it worked. It was actually the
>> latest version, including entries made everyday from 08/26 thru
>> today.
>>>I'm
>> surprised the latest version is not in a file marked "modified
>> 09/15".
>
>Are you using XML or SQL storage?  If you're using SQL then you wont
>generate backup files, although the "modified time" should change every
>time you use GnuCash.  Perhaps you accidentally loaded a different file or
>saved it into a different directory?
>
>>>
>>>2. Intending to back
>> up my work, I copy, repeat copy not cut, the latest   .*gnucash
>>    and    *.log files   to    "My
>> documents"   , so that when I backup   My documents to
>> an external HD, Gnucash gets backed up in the process.
>>>But after I've
>> done this, when I try to open Gnucash, I get a msg that the file
>> *.gnucash" (re: the one that was used last time) cannot be
>> found. 
>>>In previous
>> instances it worked if I reopened the file I had backed up in My
>> documents. But this time the proper file can't be found anywhere.
>> When I reopen the latest modified file (08/26), I'm stuck with a
>> version actually dating from back then.
>
>If this is the case then you are removing the file instead of copying it. 
>Or somehow the file is being deleted.  unfortunately I cannot say how you
>might be doing that.
>
>It sounds like you did a File -> Save As (or a File -> Open) to a file in
>a different location than you thought.
>
>>>
>>>Any help
>> very much appreciated.
>>>Thanks a lot
>> in advance.
>>>Alain  
>
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>-derek
>
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