Clicked on "Revert" by mistake

__ tereque at gmail.com
Thu Feb 25 21:12:29 EST 2016


I never used 'revert' but would expect any software to have a built in
confirmation "do you really want to revert to the previous autosaved state
of your data?" for such a scenario.

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 8:24 AM, denbigh1974 <denbigh1974 at gmx.net> wrote:

> Having entered some data in GnuCash, I went to File/Save... but think that
> I
> may have clicked on *Revert* by mistake. The program window went blank for
> a
> few seconds (saw a spinning hour-glass icon) and then the windows
> reappeared. The data appeared to be unaffected.
>
> GnuCash saves a back-up xml every 5-10 minutes. If I did click Revert,
> would
> it have restored the most recent back-up? (i.e. only 10 mins old)
>
> There are also log files in the GnuCash directory. Do these record data
> entered between each successive back up? It might help me sort out if I
> have
> lost anything.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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