Inadvertent data file loss

[David T.]

XXXX.gnucash (the “base” version) should include your most recent data. If you open *that* it should have your most recent data. The YYYY is a timestamp (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS). See https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_is_my_file_name_getting_longer_and_longer.3F <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_is_my_file_name_getting_longer_and_longer.3F> It should be reasonably straightforward with this information to determine the sequencing of these files. Sorting by date descending should also work, although not so much now that you’ve opened earlier backups.

David

> On Jul 13, 2016, at 9:37 PM, Hass, Michael <mh at drivedp.com> wrote:
> 
> I did. But don't remember in what order. If I opened it after the backup would I have damaged the base file?
> 
> On Wednesday, July 13, 2016, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com <mailto:sunfish62 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
> Did you copy XXXX.gnucash, and did you try to open XXXX.gnucash?
> 
> > On Jul 13, 2016, at 8:55 PM, Hass, Michael <mh at drivedp.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > I recently moved my entire GnuCash data folder to a new drive and
> > opened what appears to be the wrong file. The most recent transactions
> > in any file I open are almost a year old. I have what I believe to be
> > all the .log files but I can't restore my day-old data file by
> > copy-paste-rename instructions I've seen online. Have I permanently
> > deleted everything?
> >
> > My confusion, I think, is that I have a file that is XXXX.gnucash and
> > one called XXX.gnucash.YYYY.gnucash and I can't tell which is more
> > recent (I opened the one that seemed to have the latest timestamp in
> > the file name).
> >
> > I back up everything to the cloud each day so I think I can recover
> > most of anything.
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