File problem

[David Ryder]

Thanks Maf.
I've read and understood that.

I would still like to suggest to the developers that opening a backup 
file pops up a warning box - I signed in to bugzilla>gnucash but can't 
figure out how to make suggestions/requests.

David

On 03/02/13 20:46, Maf. King wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Take a breath, read this:
> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_What_are_all_these_.gnucash_and_.log_files_filling_up_my_directory.3F
> (and the FAQ following it)
>
> and look at your folder again.  I see no reason to think that those files
> might be corrupt.
>
> HTH,
> Maf.
>
>
>
>
> On Sun 3 February 13 07:48:13 David Ryder wrote:
>> 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
>