File problem

[David Ryder]

Um - I put the dots there - I'm referring to the files themselves -:

the first one for example is 
<name>.GNUCASH<date-time>.GNUCASH<date-time>.GNUCASH
the third and sixth ones I dotted: 
<name>.GNUCASH<date-time>.GNUCASH<date-time>.LOG
(My caps to highlight I think those files indicate something went wrong 
somewhere)

David

On 02/02/13 17:21, Colin Law wrote:
> On 2 February 2013 17:07, David Ryder <dnryder at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> I'm confusded why the files with the pink dots are there and if they mean
>> the data is corrupted - see here
> No idea what the dots mean, which OS are you using?  Is it something
> you see in other folders?
>
> Colin
>
>> No - I'm using xml format.
>>
>> A backup? I'm fanatical ...
>> David
>>
>> On 02/02/13 16:25, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> On 2 February 2013 15:02, David Ryder <dnryder at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Colin,
>> I can't save to the same folder without the .gnucash extension - I get the
>> message:
>> ...That database may be in use by another user, in which case you should not
>> save the database. Do you want to proceed with saving the database?
>>
>> That is odd, you are not using sqlite format are you?  I don't get
>> that message, but I also see that one cannot save the file without the
>> .gnucash extension.  However actually all you have to do is to close
>> Gnucash, rename the file (remove the .gnucash extension) open GC,
>> which will complaint that it cannot find the file and then use File >
>> Open to open it.  From thereon you should be ok.  You have, of course
>> got a backup of the file haven't you.
>>
>> I'm using ubuntu 10.04.1 - it does not know the file is gnucash unless I
>> manually associate it.  For me it associated when I installed GC from the
>> repository.
>>
>> If I save to another folder, how will I know if the data is corrupt? I need
>> to solve the problem of having .log...log and .gnucash...gnucash files don't
>> I?
>>
>> Not sure why you think the data might be corrupt, but in fact as noted
>> above saving to another folder does not help as it would still have
>> the .gnucash extension.
>>
>> A completely different alternative you might like to consider is to
>> have a set of shortcuts, one for each of your sets of accounts, which
>> start gnucash automatically for the appropriate accounts.  Then you
>> would not have to go off browsing for the files at all.  Just click
>> the appropriate shortcut for the accounts you want.
>>
>> Colin
>>
>> David
>>
>> On 02/02/13 13:15, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>> On 2 February 2013 10:40, David Ryder <dnryder at btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> gnucassh 2.4.7
>>
>> I use gnucash (obvious). For years  I have sometimes had to look for the
>> Gzip file to avoid opening books with the wrong file. This avoided the
>> ...123.log456.log problem.
>>
>> I just started three more sets of books - oh, no gzip file. Just a
>> <NAME>.gnucash file And (heart sinks) I see there are
>> <NAME>.gnucash
>> <NAME>.gnucash.123.log
>> <NAME>.gnucash.123.gnucash.123.gnucash
>> <NAME>.gnucash.123.gnucash.123.log
>> <NAME>.gnucash.123.log456.log
>> <NAME>.gnucash.123.gnucash
>> files.
>>
>> In my list of recent files, all the new ones I created show as
>> <NAME>.gnucash instead of just <NAME>.
>>
>> May I ask for help please on either how I can start these books over
>> without
>> losing data or on clearing up the mess of files?
>>
>> The default for the accounts file is <name>.gnucash as you have found.
>>    An advantage of this is that the system knows that it is a gnucash
>> file so you should just be able to double click it to open it in
>> gnucash.  It should have the gnucash icon against it which I would
>> have thought is better than gzip.
>> However, if you don't want it with that name just open it in gnucash
>> and then do File > Save As and remove the .gnucash extension before
>> saving it.
>>
>> Colin
>>
>>