[GNC] How to save Gnucash and Lock file issues

[Maf. King]

Hi Lorrie,

Are you sure you are using an XML file for your GC data?  IIRC, using the 
SQLite format stops the creation of the timestamp backup files.

I'm not entirely sure how to check what format the file is in, but if you do a 
file-> Save As and look at the options in that dialog box it *may* shed some 
light.  Cancel if you don't actually want to rename the file, of course.

0.02
Maf.


On Tuesday, 4 December 2018 03:13:38 GMT David Cousens wrote:
> Lorrie,
> 
> That looks OK apart from not creating the backup file which should have been
> created when you opened the file to to make the change , saved it and then
> closed the file. (I noticed in an earlier post you mentioned adding an .xml
> file extension. There is no need to do that as the .gnucash is the correct
> extension.)
> 
> There should have been a file
> 
> finances.gnucash.<date-timestamp>.gnucash
> 
> with the same <date-timestamp> roughly as the log file. It may differ by a
> few seconds.
> <date-timestamp> has the format "YYYYMMDDHHMMSS".
> 
> In most cases the datestamp on the log file and the backup file only differ
> by 1-2 s on my system with the backup file created first and then the log
> file.
> 
> There is a preference in the Edit->Preferences General tab where you can set
> the file retention period for the backups and log files.  I usually leave
> it at the default of 30 days as I have terrabytes of free space on my
> system but it is generally a good idea to set this so you have a few backup
> and logfiles on your system so you can recover maximum data if you ever
> have a file corruption issue. This is only likely if GnuCash or the OS
> crashes while writing to the file.
> 
> David Cousens
> 
> 
> 
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