Questions Regarding Backup and Stopping Gnucash

[Mark Phillips]

Peter and Robert,

Yes, I save often. Also, the Linux version also has the option to set a
save interval, which I have set at 5 min. Thanks for the tips!

So, I guess forgetting to close down gnucash is not so bad, as all the data
for that day is saved on the disk every 5 min.

I would like to find a way to kill gnucash from the command line to get rid
of the pesky lock files in the event I have to restore from a backup. Any
suggestions on how to gracefully kill gnucash from the command line?

Thanks,

Mark


On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 6:09 PM, prl <prl at ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> In the OS X version of GnuCash, Preferences>General has a setting for
> Auto-save interval - and it doesn't appear possible to turn it off. I think
> that my setting of 5 minutes is the default.
>
> Presumably GnuCash on other systems has a similar facility.
>
> Peter
>
>
> On 23/09/13 08:58, Mark Phillips wrote:
>
>> I run gnucash on a Debian laptop. I set up a cron job to copy the gnucash
>> folder to an external NAS and my google drive as backups. So far
>> everything
>> is working correctly.
>>
>> My questions:
>>
>> * I understand that gnucash reads the entire data file into memory. When
>> is
>> the data written out again? My concern is if I forget to close gnucash and
>> the backup script runs, have I lost the updates for that day? I don't mean
>> lost as in gone, just they will not be in the backup for that day, but
>> will
>> be in the backup for the next day.
>>
>> * What would be a good way to shut down gnucash from my backup script so
>> it
>> saves all the data before the backup is run? I usually shutdown gnucash
>> before I go to bed (the cron job runs at 3 am), but sometimes I forget. I
>> am a little worried that killing the gnucash process may not be the best
>> way to shut it down.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
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