My GNUCash Backup Location

[Ronal B Morse]

They're not really backups.  They're more like safety copies created by 
GnuCash in preparation for updating the database. Back in the olde days 
the probability of a system r/w error when writing out a big file was a 
lot higher than it is now, and even today it is far from zero.

Do what David says: preferably onto another physical storage medium; 
desirably on a different server/computer entirely; ideally onto a 
different machine at a physically different location. Just having 
another copy of the data file on the same disk in the same machine isn't 
much backup at all.

Ron Morse


On 12/02/2017 08:44 AM, David Reiser wrote:
> Doesn’t matter. Right click on your current DB file and select Duplicate from the pop-up.
>
> All my gnucash-generated backups and log files are in the same directory as the data file itself.
> --
> Dave Reiser
> dbreiser at icloud.com
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>> On Dec 2, 2017, at 9:38 AM, John Donnee <jjdonnee at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi David, in what directory on my iMac is the backups kept?
>>
>> ThanksJohn
>> John Donnee
>>
>> 910.622.8111
>> 317 Mount Eden Place
>> Cary, NC 27518
>>
>>> On Dec 1, 2017, at 10:16 PM, David Reiser <dbreiser at icloud.com <mailto:dbreiser at icloud.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Well, do you know what version you have? 2.6.1 was released in January 2014, and 2.6.18 should read any 2.6.x file easily. And I don’t think there were significant problems going from the last couple 2.4.x to 2.6.1.
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>>> The easiest way to find out is to make a copy of your DB. Download the newest version of gnucash, and try launching the new version. I’m pretty sure it’s going to try to open the last file you had open — that’s why you make a copy first.
>>> --
>>> Dave Reiser
>>> dbreiser at icloud.com <mailto:dbreiser at icloud.com>
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>>>> On Dec 1, 2017, at 7:54 PM, John Donnee <jjdonnee at gmail.com <mailto:jjdonnee at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>>> Hi David, will it recognize my existing DB?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 7:52 PM David Reiser <dbreiser at icloud.com <mailto:dbreiser at icloud.com>> wrote:
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>>>>> On Dec 1, 2017, at 7:38 PM, John Donnee <jjdonnee at gmail.com <mailto:jjdonnee at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have used GNUCash since 2013. Just upgraded to Mac High Sierra and the application will not launch. I need help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> John Donnee
>>>>> 910.622.8111
>>>>> 317 Mt. Eden Place
>>>>> Cary, NC 27518
>>>>>
>>>>> dataplan GmbH
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>>
>>>> download and install GnuCash version 2.6.18
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>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Dave Reiser
>>>> dbreiser at icloud.com <mailto:dbreiser at icloud.com>
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>>>> -- 
>>>> John J Donnee
>>>>
>>>> 317 Mount Eden Place
>>>> Cary, NC 27518
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