[GNC] Location of GnuCash data files

[Stephen M. Butler]

On 12/31/18 9:29 AM, Stan Brown wrote:
> Under "Uddating advice", I believe Finbar Mahon wrote:
>
>> On reading it I see that what is missing is how to find where the
>> gnucash file is saved.  The problem is that where it is was specified
>> by yourself when you first saved your accounts file.  Just as it is if
>> you save a word processor document for example, so the wiki assumes
>> you remember where that is. 
> True enough, and a couple of people have suggested how to find a file.
>
> But word processors typically DON'T put dozens of log files in the same directory or folder as the actual document. Because Gnucash does, when someone naively saves a Gnucash data file to her desktop, it's almost immediately cluttered with log files. The same was true when I naively saved my first GnuCash file to the same folder as my financial spreadsheets -- relatively quickly they were buried under a blizzard of log files. (Granted, I'm exaggerating a bit, for effect.)
>
> I understand the usefulness of the log files, but why aren't they written to the temp folder? Or better yet, why aren't they written to a user-specified location, with the temp folder as default?
>
This sounds like an idea that needs to be filed as an enhancement
request.  I'd suggest an alternative might be to create two sub-folders
in the folder where the data file is stored:

 1. ./GnuCash-Backups
 2. ./GnuCash-Logs

That would keep them from cluttering up the main folder but be readily
at hand and easily identifiable.  Of course, I've used *Nix style paths
but the idea should port to Windows (I don't know Mac).

--Steve

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