gnu files

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> writes:

> 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.
>
> 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.

You also don't say what OS/Distro you are using.  On a Mac you cannot
double-click on a data file -- that will not open the data file you
clicked, it will still open the last data file GnuCash was using.
Instead, you need to use GnuCash's File -> Open menu item and select the
backup file.

> David C

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-derek

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