Help! Lost files

[Anita Graves]

Walt, thank you also - this is wonderful….!!! If ever I lose a file again, I have now two ways to find it…  I do love Gnucash!

Anita


"You can't stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes."  -- A. A. Milne                        



> On 3 Apr 2017, at 6:29 PM, Securenym.net <wroberts at securenym.net> wrote:
> 
> Another way to find files on mac and pretty much any unix-like system which gives you absolute control is to open a terminal window and use the “find” command.  Like most native unix commands, its format is a little obtuse but there is a pretty good command description which tells you how to use it.  
> 
>> man find
> …
> 
> example:
> 
>> find / -name abc.dmg  will search the entire system for files named abc.dmg
> 
>> find / -name *.gnucash will search the entire system for files ending in .gnucash.
> 
> You can even set flags to look for files created in the last 5 minutes or the last 5 months, with a variety of parameters.
> Usually you don’t need to go this far to find something, but when I’ve done exactly what you’ve done this little command has come in handy.
> 
> Walt
> 
>> On Apr 3, 2017, at 4:44 AM, Anita Graves <anitagraves at mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> yes thanks Maf.——  anita
>>> The important thing is not to stop questioning.
>>> - Albert Einstein
>> 
>>> On 3 Apr 2017, at 12:43 PM, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Monday, 3 April 2017 12:39:30 BST Anita Graves wrote:
>>>> I am so grateful to you for your reply and the things you have told me in
>>>> this latest message.
>>>> 
>>>> However, I want you to know that by some miracle, I have found a file that
>>>> opens with my data intact!
>>>> 
>>>> I don’t know how that happened, but I am very happy right now and I am
>>>> writing note to myself to remember the exact file name and will not change
>>>> it again.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Anita.
>>> 
>>> Glad to hear that you found the errant file.
>>> 
>>> GC should remember the new name & location under the File-> Recently used 
>>> menu, once you've successfully opened it.
>>> 
>>> Maf.
>>> 
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