[GNC] help lost data file

[Michael or Penny Novack]

On 4/8/2019 5:44 PM, Eric Rathhaus office wrote:
> Hi John - sorry to be so dense.  So those applications are old versions, I believe.  But I navigated to me as user and still no option of show library files appears.  I think I used to store the data in the fold err office data, but all the files in that directory or old.  No matter where I’ve looked, the only files I find that are recent are .log files.  I can’t find any newer files with the .gnucash or the .gcm extensions.  I’m lost here and the tax man is breathing down my neck.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Eric W. Rathhaus
  You say you found recent .log files? In what directory?(file folder)

Gnucash will be placing the .log files in the same directory as the main 
file. But what did you CALL (name) your main file? The name ends in 
.gnucash BY CONVENTION, you normally name them to do so, But there is 
nothing magic about file extensions. They are just a way that you can 
have your system know what application to use to open them when you 
click on them. And to make it easy for you to recognize them.

Understand what I just said? If I created a set of books and at the 
first save (the "save as") I chose a name that did NOT end with the file 
extension nothing terrible happens. Gnucash will still open that file 
correctly, either from the drop down list of "recently used" or if I 
choose "open" and then specify the file by path/name. What I CAN'T do is 
simply click on it because without the extension the s system doesn't 
know what to do with it << depending on operating system, you might get 
asked "what application do you want to use >>

Michael

PS: In the directory where you found the recent .log files look for 
another file with the same last changed date as the most recent .log file