Manually entering historic records

[Liz]

On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 15:03:04 +1000
Dave H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:

> I use Dropbox however I maintain my gnucash data file on my local
> drive rather than directly in Dropbox.  I think from memory the lock
> file hangs around in Dropbox so when you try to re-open your data
> file the LCK file is still the and triggers the warning dialog.  As
> others have said you can just click on open anyway if you're sure no
> one else has it open..
> 
> Keep your data file locally and depending on your OS use something
> like FreeFileSync / Create Synchronicity / etc to sync it to Dropbox
> when you are good and ready.
> 
> Cheers Dave H.


I use Dropbox a little differently. 
My gnucash folder is not part of my dropbox folder, but I rsync certain
changed files to the folder which syncs. They are the data files, and
none of the backups or lock files. cron runs the rsync at specific
intervals.

Gnucash folder > intermediate folder > cloud storage

It's a backup system only.

Liz