Main File Name & Location

[Bill Edelman]

Hi,

Two part question / clarification.

1. The main file name (and subsequently the backup files) have been growing
longer.  What?, you say?

I created the file name IAIE Finances when I setup the software (only using
gnucash for a single entity) and as expected gnucash appended that name with
".gnucash.[date & time]".  So what am I doing to cause gnucash to randomly
append that again on the tail end of a main file..  and more than once.

Here's the current name of the main file:
IAIE Finances -
.gnucash.20131029174105.gnucash.20131101131004.gnucash.20131105124444


2. I want gnucash to save the main (and by definition, the log, lock and
backup files) in a folder that I create in Dropbox on my PC.  This is to
provide an automatic off-site backup of these files.

Do I simply copy the existing files to the new folder, launch gnucash, and
open the most recent main file from there?  After gnucash opens the main
filet there once, will it continue to use the new location going forward? 
I've read the Guide Basics Backup and that was what it seemed to suggest.

Thanks!
..Bill..



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