GNUCASH Data File Name Question

[Jay Ridgley]

Johannes,

Apologies if you get two copies of this...
On 11/01/2013 11:20 PM, Johannes Kapune wrote:
> Hi Jay,
>
> what happens after you start GunCash and than try open file ... and choose your
> file?
>

Nothing

> What goes wrong you can normally read in the trace file.
>

Where is the trace file or do you mean *.log files and if so which one(s) I have 
20 days of log files...

Thanks,
Jay

> Johannes
>
> Am 02.11.2013 04:04, schrieb Jay Ridgley:
>> Folks,
>>
>> I have been using gnucash for several years and the file name I have
>> used is gnu-data under my home directory. That file got destroyed and
>> now I am using a file I recovered from the logs (THANK GOD!).
>>
>> I copied that file to a file with the same name as I had been using.
>> However, I have not been successful in getting the file to work. For
>> some reason gnucash will not open it up or does so in an improper fashion.
>>
>> This is the command I am using to start gnucash:
>>
>> gnucash ~/gnu-data
>>
>> It starts up but displays a blank window.
>>
>> How do I recover things so that I can used the same name I have been using.
>>
>> The docs say to use .gnucash as an extension. But that if you have been
>> using a file without the extension you can continue to use it.
>>
>> I am using GnuCash 2.4.10 under Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS with all updates
>> applied.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jay
>>
>
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