I have a 2.4 database and 2.6 software. Help

[Jamie Tyrrell]

Thanks. You all are the greatest!

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 8:27 AM, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:

> On Friday, 10 March 2017 07:51:30 GMT Jamie Tyrrell wrote:
> > Yes, I did note that I have the last backup before the final copy.
> >
> > I went in this morning after your e-mail and opened the last stored file
> > from yesterday, and it opened from the button like a charm.
> >
> > Can you tell me, if I used the last backup instead of the final copy, do
> I
> > have all my transactions? In other words, the is the final copy identical
> > in content to the last back up?
> >
>
> Hi Jamie,
>
> The "dated" backup is the file from before your most recent changes, so it
> should contain everything except what you added or changed in your last
> operating session before your old computer gave up the ghost.
>
> IIRC, what GC actually does when you hit save is to rename the file that
> you
> opened and write a new file out.
>
> ie.
> open and work in foo.gnucash, then hit save
>
> foo.gnucash is renamed to foo.<timestamp>.gnucash
>
> a new file is written out and called foo.gnucash.
>
> HTH,
> Maf.
>
>