[GNC] Backup and restore GnuCash Settings

[C M Reinehr]

As a long time Linux user and having used GnuCash for several years I 
can tell you that your GnuCash settings are in a hidden file in your 
home directory: ~/.gnucash

You didn't say how you made your backup so, as David asked, did you back 
up your hidden files. If, for example, you used `tar` by running the 
command `tar cvf /home/tmp/backup.tar /home/nikos` then your hidden 
files should have been copied. However, if you instead ran `tar cvf 
backup.tar *` from within your home directory, your hidden files would 
not have been copied.

HTH

CMR


On 05/16/2018 10:50 AM, David Carlson wrote:
> I am not an expert on Linux, so do not quote me here.  I think that GnuCash
> puts the settings in a hidden folder under your user directory.  Does your
> backup program also back up the hidden folders?
>
> David C
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 10:00 AM, Nikos Charonitakis <nikosx at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>> I have recently made a back of my home directory on a fedora 27 pc
>> and then i restored it to a new installation on fedora 28. I was
>> expecting to open Gnucash and continue working on my latest Gnucash
>> file and also have all my settings in place but this was not the case.
>> Running Gnucash on the new installation is like you start application
>> for the first time.
>> Firefox for example does not have this behavior, all my setting
>> plugins, bookmarks,passwords are in their place after restoring my
>> home dir.
>> Any ideas how to fix  this?
>>
>> Note:
>> This is not specific to GnuCash 3, i have seen the same thing and on
>> previous gnucash versions.
>>
>> Nikos
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