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[David Carlson]

On 6/3/2014 5:54 PM, annapolishome wrote:
> i need to go back a couple of days and need to know how to chose the file to
> bring up the state gnu cash was in a couple of days ago.  i tried opening
> several of the files with older dates, but it keeps telling me there is no
> suitable file.  any help appreciated.
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You do not mention which type of data file you have, but if you have the
default type with the .gnucash suffix, all you need to do is select one
of the files with the long name in the same directory.  The long suffix
identifies the time and date of the backup.  See chapter 2.6 of the
tutorial.

David C