error message 'no compatible backend was found for file...'

[Hans Neus]

Sorry, forgot to include the Gnucash file.

Hans.

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On 22 Jan 2013, at 12:24, Derek Atkins wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> prihans <prihans at me.com> writes:
> 
>> My notebook crashed when I was working on my Gnucash. I did save the last
>> inputs just before the crash. After re-starting my notebook, it seems that
>> the file somehow got damaged, as the program gives following error:  'no
>> compatible back-end was fund for file .........'
>> 
>> I tried to open this gnucash file in another computer that has Gnucash
>> installed, which failed as well, giving the same error message.
>> 
>> I tried to restore an earlier version of the same file, from the day before
>> (via file properties - earlier versions) and no success.
>> 
>> The program does open other (older) Gnucash files that were saved under
>> another name.
>> 
>> Is there a way to restore the damaged file? It contains a lot of important
>> new information that will cost me weeks to recover...
> 
> I'm sorry you had a system crash.  One main thing you didn't say was
> what OS/Distro you are running.
> 
> You should look at the file in question.  What's the size of the file?
> If the system crashed at an inopportune time it's possible that the file
> got zeroed out.  If you're using the XML backend (which is the default)
> then GnuCash will generate backup files with every 'save', so you can
> backup to your previous 'save' by looking for the latest file that's
> named "foo.YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.gnucash" in the same location as your main
> data file, "foo".  (I.e., replace "foo" with the name of your data
> file).
> 
> If you find that your data file is of zero length then you can just copy
> the latest backup .gnucash file over the main data file and restart
> gnucash.  Then it should load the recovered backup data.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> If you are not using the XML backend then please let us know because
> then you might have bigger issues.
> 
>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
> 
> -derek
> 
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>       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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