[GNC] Closing and reopening Gnucash

[Adrien Monteleone]

He did indicate a few messages ago that he’s using Kubuntu 18.04.

But overall, good advice, regardless.

FYI, from another recent discussion I glean from one of the devs that those transaction log files are not needed or even useful once a successful save has taken place. That is, only the most recent log file (between the last successful save and a crash state) is needed to replay the transactions back into the file. You can routinely safely delete the older ones. They won’t be used or needed. I use the sqlite3 backend, so I don’t get log files anymore, but perhaps one or more of the settings in Preferences can trim those down a bit for you.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Aug 2, 2018, at 12:26 PM, Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> On 08/02/2018 07:24 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>> First, please reply to the list so others can benefit from the conversation.
>> ------------
>> Absolutely you can save your file in a new location.
>> 
>> Where would you like to save it? Somewhere in your Home folder tree is what I’d think most people use.
>> 
>> Does it need to be on a removable drive or can it be stored on the internal HD/SSD? What was the reason for using the removable drive in the first place?
>> 
>> p.s—I’m going to be away from my computer till this evening, but someone else might chime in before me based on your answers.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
>> 
>>> On Aug 2, 2018, at 9:08 AM, Dick Barmann <dick at stripingthetown.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> How can I close "save as" to set a new location that will not have a long name and cannot not be found. My existing files are deep in the program and I keep getting that file cannot be found. Can I create a folder that can be found and close with it. I am using Linux.
>>> 
>>> Richard Barmann
>>> 
>>> 
> 
> Richard,
> You didn't indicate which version of *Nix you have.  I am using Ubuntu
> 18.04.  In my situation, I keep books for personal as well as an LLC I
> own.  In my $HOME folder I created a Finance Folder and under that a
> folder for SteveWanita (could call it Personal) and one for the LLC.  I
> save as to these folders the first time.  And yes, it is a pain the see
> the folder with all the logs and backups in there.  Once in a while I go
> on a jihad to clean them out.  I'm running the supplied backup utility
> to send the daily backups to a Windows share that sits on the Windows
> box (external drive -- always mounted).  On one occasion I had to
> recover my LLC finances from there as I was too aggressive in removing
> the logs/backups.  <<grin>>
> 
> However, I can click on the file name and GnuCash fires up with it
> opened and read to go.  Or, I can click on the Icon for GnuCash frozen
> to the left panel and get whichever one I worked on last.  Usually that
> isn't the one I want!
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> --Steve
> 
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