Changing data file name

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2017, Fred Bone wrote:

> This is presumably the autobackup from last time you ran. You won't want
> it at all unless you need to revert to that version (and redo subsequent
> changes).

Fred,

   This clarifies my understanding of the GnuCash file extensions.

> You should rename the first one (with the plain name). Then when you next
> run Gnucash, it will complain that it can't find it, and you can open it
> explicitly, after which it will be remembered.

   Yes, this worked as described.

Thanks very much,

Rich