Where does gnucash store report ingo in Windows 7???

John Ralls jralls at ceridwen.us
Tue Jan 15 01:15:33 EST 2013


On Jan 14, 2013, at 9:51 PM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Actually, accounts are stored in the folder you specify (not Username/.gnucash/books, unless that's what you chose). Saved reports are placed in the Username/.gnucash folder, however.
> 
> 

No, no, NO! Don't *ever* try to store your account files in $HOME/.gnucash/books! That's the one thing you can do that will guarantee data loss: Gnucash uses that for configuration files (like which tabs are open) with the same name as your account files. so your account file will get overwritten with configuration data and the original contents lost.

http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_can.27t_GnuCash_find_my_data_file_anymore.3F_It_just_says:_parser_error_:_Start_tag_expected.2C_.27.3C.27_not_found

N.B.:  It's actually $GNC_DOT_DIR/books, which by default points to $HOME/.gnucash/books except on a Mac, where it points to $HOME/Library/Application Support/gnucash/books.

Regards,
John Ralls





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