Tr : Backing up prob

[Derek Atkins]

AlainCageda <alaincageda at yahoo.fr> writes:

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

If you were on Unix I would say "run file /path/to/your/file.gnucash"
which would tell you it is either a sqlite3 database or gzipped data.
On Windows, I'm not sure how you tell.  It would all be based on what
you chose when you first saved the file.

> 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.

Please see the FAQ:

http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_What_are_all_these_.gnucash_and_.log_files_filling_up_my_directory.3F

Why would you expect the filename to change?  Would you expect an Excel
spreadsheet filename to change every time you saved your data?  Or a
Word document?

> Alain

-derek

>     --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     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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