[GNC] locked data base

[Bob Sisk]

Thanks Derek - how do I designate Dropbox to be my main data file? Is it 
stored somewhere by default within Gnucash? When I got my new laptop I 
clicked into a data file in my home directory (it may have been a 
backup?). When I clicked it Gnucash opened and I have been using that - 
I transferred  it to Dropbox to use as my main data base. Evidently I 
should not have done this. Any help appreciated ---

Thanks,

Bob

On 8/1/19 1:54 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> HI,
>
> First, please make sure you CC gnucash-user on all replies.
>
> Second, you ARE using a backup file.  The fact that your file name is
> FileName.gnucash.YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.gnucash means you are using a backup file.
>
> If you're using DROPBOX...  *THAT* could be the problem.  It could be that
> there is a problem creating or deleting the lock file.
>
> -derek
>
> On Thu, August 1, 2019 2:49 pm, Bob Sisk wrote:
>> That is not my backup. I am using Dropbox as my data base because I
>> sometimes post to Gnucash on my desktop and other times using my laptop.
>> I store backups on both computers. Is there a better way to configure if
>> I post from both machines?
>>
>> On 8/1/19 1:32 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>> HI,
>>>
>>> On Thu, August 1, 2019 2:25 pm, Bob Sisk wrote:
>>>> GnuCash could not obtain the lock for
>>>> file:///home/bob/Dropbox/gnucash_data/GreenGrillsData.gnucash.20180825170527.gnucash.20190706140712.gnucash.
>>> First, why are you opening a backup file?  Specifically, this is a
>>> backup
>>> of a backup!  So at some point you opened the backup made on August 28,
>>> 2018...  And then on July 6th, 2019 you opened a new backup file...  And
>>> have been using that as your data file.   Are you SURE that's what you
>>> want to be doing?
>>>
>>>> I get the above message when trying to open Gnucash. I click "open
>>>> anyway" and it seems normal. What is causing this and what should I do?
>>>> I am running Linux Mint 19.1.
>>> Are you sure that there is not another GnuCash instance running?
>>> Do you perhaps shutdown (or logout) without quitting GnuCash?
>>>
>>> This pop-up comes up when GnuCash finds the lock file still there to
>>> prevent two instances of the program from opening the same data file.
>>>
>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>>> -Derek
>>>
>> --
>> /Robert Sisk
>> sisk.bob at gmail.com
>> (210)716-6400/
>>
>
-- 
/Robert Sisk
sisk.bob at gmail.com
(210)716-6400/