[GNC] Backup and restore GnuCash Settings

[Adrien Monteleone]

Since Firefox stores user prefs in $HOME/.mozilla, I’d be surprised if .gnucash didn’t get backed up also, unless the OP used a custom command and .mozilla was specifically included and .gnucash wasn’t.

But if this were some sort of backup app and it was set to backup hidden files, then .gnucash should be there. Perhaps it didn’t get restored though.

Regards,
Adrien

> On May 16, 2018, at 11:10 AM, C M Reinehr <cmr at reinehr.net> wrote:
> 
> 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 I am not an expert on Linux, so do not quote me here.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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