[GNC] Backup recovery

[Finbar Mahon]

Yes, I appreciate the comment.

In my original post I mentioned that I was testing out an app called 
backblaze, an automatic backup to the the cloud. I asked where and how I 
would find the GNU backups, since the folder where GNU stuff is saved is 
full of files, and would have been backed up by backblaze it its 
entirity.. I got the answer(s) and the link to the manual. It was only 
then that I discovered, after I asked another question about the file 
name, that I was working on another backup. I don't recall making one 
specifically but it was probably part of a 'general' HD backup. However, 
I have no idea how or when I restored it, if I ever did, I have not had 
any reason to restore any files.

As you so rightly pointed out I may have f****d up, thanks.

I asked, in effect if the version that is in the backblaze app backup 
folder is a complete backup up to the 8 Feb, or is it just an update of 
the March 5 2018 file? If it is a 'catch-up' then is that ok?

Sorry for any confusion, it is not deliberate.

Thanks again, Finbar

On 10/02/2019 16:23, David T. wrote:
> I don’t know. What is backblaze?
>
> Based on the info in the FAQ to which I referred, it appears that on Feb 8, 2019, you opened a backup copy of “GNU 5 Feb 2018”, which itself was made on March 5, 2018, made some changes, and saved from that backup. I don’t know your workflow or immediate purpose for doing that; in my situation, if I had opened a backup file from 11 months ago and made changes to that file which I then saved, I would most likely have f**ked up. YMMV.
>
> David
>
>> On Feb 10, 2019, at 8:00 PM, Finbar Mahon <mahon.finbar at neuf.fr> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for that, I probably did, but not (yet) in backblaze, does that matter?
>>
>> Finbar
>>
>> On 09/02/2019 12:59, D wrote:
>>> That file name indicates that you opened, and saved, a backup of your main data file. You might not have intended to do this.
>>>
>>> See https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_is_my_file_name_getting_longer_and_longer.3F
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> On February 9, 2019, at 5:15 PM, Finbar Mahon <mahon.finbar at neuf.fr> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks, I read the guide and was a bit confused when backblaze showed
>>> the most recent save was yesterday at 3.55pm but with two dates/times of -
>>>
>>>>> GNU 5 Feb 2018 .gnucash.20180305171639.gnucash.20190208155508.gnucash<<
>>> Is the second date from the left [20180305171639] the date the file was
>>> created originally, and the first one [GNU 5 Feb 2018] the file name  ?
>>>
>>> Not critical as the backblaze file is the last save before I closed gnucash.
>>>
>>> Finbar
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 08/02/2019 22:56, David Cousens wrote:
>>>> Finbar,
>>>>
>>>> The directory with your data file will also contain log files  and backup
>>>> files.
>>>>
>>>> See https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.html for
>>>> details
>>>>
>>>> David Cousens
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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