Transfer of .gnucash folder from SSD system disc to HDD data disc

[L. D. James]

On 03/29/2015 10:35 AM, David Carlson wrote:
> On 3/29/2015 5:20 AM, L. D. James wrote:
>> Gnucash's data is located in one compressed file.  You can save or
>> copy that file to wherever you want to call it from.  Just click on:
>> File -> Save as -> [Browse to where you you want the file to be saved
>> ] -> [Type in the Name you want to call it] -> (Click) Save As.
>>
>> What you're looking at in your Users directory is a work space and
>> preference storage area.  You can delete that, move it, do anything
>> you want to do.  It'll automatically be created again. If you use a
>> different login name it'll create that directory under that different
>> name.  However, none of the accounting data is stored there.  It'll be
>> stored in the file where you actually save it to using the steps above.
>>
>> -- L. James
>>
>> L. James
> I think you are correct, but you are not giving the answer that
> Russellji actually wanted.  I think that Russellji really wants those
> user prefs to be on a different physical drive where Russellji has all
> of Russellji's other (Windows) user stuff.  So, I would first ask
> Russellji if he or she has his or her computer properly configured to
> always keep all (Windows) user stuff on that physical drive, then ask
> the developers how to configure GnuCash to discover and respect that
> configuration.
>
> Perhaps the way to ask Russellji about the configuration would be to ask
> if Russellji created a new user, would Windows automatically put all of
> that new user stuff on the 'correct' drive?
>
> David C

Hi, David.

You're most likely right about the discussion about how the data is 
saved and were.  But as far as asking Russellji about where Windows 
would automatically put configuration files, I already have the answer 
to that.  I thought I had touched upon that.

Look at the topic of his question again.  He appears (by his subject 
title) be looking to specify where his data is stored.  Some of the 
details of his description indicated (which he included in his 
description) that he is very novice on this ("newby").  So I wouldn't 
expect for his details to be as clear as you appear to specify.  I 
attempted to make some clarity about the difference between the OS work 
space for the application which isn't the actual data files and the 
actual data file and storage and how to specify where.

I'm certain he was browsing his local space and felt his data files were 
in the directory he saw as .gnucash.

It would take a bit of advance tampering to modify the OS behavior 
(which the .gnucash space is about).  If he succeeded in changing this 
to a removable drive, he'd actually break gnucash and may have a hard 
time fixing it.

If I didn't make that clear, that is some of what I had intended to 
insinuate while trying not to be so technical (for a newbie). Again, I 
also tried to read into what he was looking for, which to me appeared to 
be very clear... and provide a very simple method of achieving that.

He can (and should) have a number of data files (when you count the 
backups).  If made changes to the OS and were some how able to force the 
.gnucash space to be created on a removable drive, he might have 
problems with all his backups and other versions of his actual data.  If 
he broke the OS, he might find that he might have to actually reinstall 
his OS to fix glitches or identify the glitches that could develop when 
trying to use gnucash.

Thanks for the input and question, giving me the opportunity to elaborate.

-- L. James

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