GNUCash file size grew nearly 14 times

[Michael Convey]

Thank you David. I fixed the file name problem, as follows:

   - Name.gnucash (21,086 KB)
   - Name.gnucash.20170411124957.log (2 KB)

Also, per your instructions, after enabling compression, the file size
shrunk back down, as follows:

   - Name.gnucash (1,525 KB)
   - Name.gnucash.20170411130847.log (2 KB)

Thanks. However, it still takes a long time to save the files. Is GnuCash
compressing files before saving them or saving them (full size),
compressing them, and then saving the smaller size. In other words, is the
large file size using cellular bandwidth to sync to Google Drive?

Mike

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On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 9:35 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> If you are referring to untangling your backup problem, I would suggest
> first deciding if you want to make your named file, which started from a
> January 29th backup as your current data file.  If so, manually rename or
> copy the newest copy of that file to a simple name without all those
> numbers.  I also notice that the two filenames in your post are different
> backups from April 1st.  Which of those is your correct file?  You probably
> still have backups somewhere other than on the google drive too.
>
> You may need to copy whichever file you want to keep back to your user
> space on your C drive in order to get back to a simple filename.  There is
> discussion about that in section 3 of https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ
> which is still online.
>
> David C
>
> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Michael Convey <smconvey at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> ​Oh, okay, thanks. How do I do that? ​
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> End of message.
>> --
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 9:01 AM, David Carlson <
>> david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> After re-reading your original post, I see that you are already using a
>>> backup as your original data file so you need to untangle that issue first.
>>>
>>> David C
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 10:58 AM, David Carlson <
>>> david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am not a developer.
>>>>
>>>> I do not know about whether Google Drive or insync are factors in your
>>>> problem or not but an easy way to eliminate GnuCash is to first check the
>>>> Edit > Preferences > General > Files > Compress files box to be sure that
>>>> it is still checked.  If it is, then use GZip, 7Zip or your favorite
>>>> compression utility to attempt to open your data file.  If it is correctly
>>>> compressed it will report two file sizes, actual and compressed.  If that
>>>> gives abnormal results it is more likely not GnuCash that is causing your
>>>> problem.
>>>>
>>>> I suspect that Google Drive may also be copying the backup files, which
>>>> will quickly become a major problem.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> David C
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Michael Convey <smconvey at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 4/1/17, the size of my gnucash file grew nearly 14 times in size, as
>>>>> follows:
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Name.20170129210422.gnucash.20170401152428.gnucash (20,971 KB)
>>>>>    - Name.20170129210422.gnucash.20170401145113.gnucash (1,516 KB)
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure why, but about a week earlier, I set up insynch for Google
>>>>> Drive and put all my gnucash files in Google Drive so I can access them
>>>>> from any PC.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to reduce the file size so that I don't use up so much
>>>>> cellular
>>>>> data when syncing.
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