Where does Gnucash Save itself when it closes

[ph hermes]

i just did this on my mac... opened the save as and it shows me where my
file is now. it also has a place where i can rename and options to save
elsewhere.

        ph

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Mary Ann Wallace <wallace at naples.net>
wrote:

> Richard, I was asking myself this question this afternoon as I started to
> work with the new 2.6.6 after downloading it and installing it in place of
> an earlier version I had and discovered it was looking for a file to open
> in my external drive which at the time was not connected to the PC.
>
> I am using Windows, so don't know if my response is relevant to what you
> are using, but other readers on this list may also be using Windows and
> asking themselves the same question.  I went through both the Help and
> Guide pdf's and think that a section on file directory locations, how to
> update the name for a more useful file name, and essential files to backup
> if you're not backing up the whole Gnucash directory with all its
> subdirectories - especially for Window PCs - in a future update would be
> welcomed by many of us.
>
> If you do a simple "Save As" (not Save) while you are using the program,
> it may also open up and show you what the file's current name is.
>
> 1) When you open Gnucash, it will show you the name of the file on the top
> header in Windows.  My data file is gnuxmlaccounts.gnucash.20141103145723.gnucash.
> (screen shot attached)
>
>
>
> 2)  When you open a file, this is the screen that comes up showing the
> location of your data file.  My location was the external drive and the
> main folder was ACERXP\Backup\Wallace\My Documents\Gnucash\bin. (screen
> shot attached).  This, I believe, is what L.D. James was referring to when
> he said it was the same way LibreOffice and Microsoft Word work.  The only
> shortcoming of this view is that it doesn't show the Drive (something I
> would like to suggest in a future update).  Personally, when I discovered
> that Gnucash was saving to my external drive, I really didn't want to keep
> all the files in that particular location for active use since it's a
> backup of another computer, and plan to investigate doing a "Save As" to
> another location where I have first copied the folders.
>
>
>
> 3) Finally, here is a screen shot of the BIN folder sorted by date so the
> relevant files appear on top.  Outlined in red is my data file, and I am
> assuming that this is THE critical file that contains everything I need
> should a disaster occur.  Again, I would welcome an addition to the
> Guide/Help pdfs that would enable non-programmers to know which files are
> essential.  If this is the only essential file that by using with a new
> downloaded copy of Gnucash on another computer would pick up where one left
> off, then I want to say that the developers of Gnucash have done a
> fantastic job.  As an accountant, my concern is knowing which files I need
> to backup as a safeguard against corruption or computer failure.
>
>
>
> I hope that this helps make things a little clearer and that if I have
> misstated anything, that the Gnucash team will correct me.
>
> Mary Ann
>
> On 4/16/2015 6:00 PM, L. D. James wrote:
>
>> On 04/16/2015 05:14 PM, Richard Barmann wrote:
>>
>>> I have been using Guncash since 2012 and now it cannot find the file
>>> when I open it up.
>>> I am using version 6.5.2 in Xfce. It was doing all right up until a few
>>> days ago. I cannot find anything newer than 2014. all my 2015 entries are
>>> unavailable. Is this a problem with Xfce? I am using it because Kubuntu
>>> version 15.04 would not open up . Any help is really appreciated. I have
>>> Quotes and Invoices in 2015 that I need to find.
>>> Thank you.
>>> Dick Barmann
>>> -- You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot
>>> strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about
>>> prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by
>>> pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by
>>> inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking
>>> away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people
>>> permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for
>>> themselves. .....Abraham Lincoln
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>> The file is saved by the name of the file you are working with in the
>> directory where that file is located.  This is the same way Libreoffice and
>> Microsoft Word saves the files that you are working with.
>>
>> Gnucash's file extension is "*.gnucash".
>>
>> You can execute this command from the command prompt and search for all
>> the *.gnucash files on your system:
>>
>> locate -r ".gnucash$"
>>
>> This will give you the name and location of all the files that has the
>> *.gnucash extension.
>>
>> -- L. James
>>
>>
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