[GNC] lost data

[David Cousens]

John,

If Adrien's suggestions don't work the following site has techniques for finding files on windows 
https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/windowsbasics/finding-files-on-your-computer/1/

and for Linux https://www.linode.com/docs/tools-reference/tools/find-files-in-linux-using-the-command-line/.

Looking for files with .gnucash extensions starting with your home directory and then expanding the search is your best
bet. ($find <path> -name "*.gnucash" will find all occurrences in the directory pointed to by path in Linux).

A common problem which occurs sometimes is having opened a backup file (which is located in the same directory as your
main file) and then subsequently opening the main file again. Your missing transactions could be in a backup file. See 
https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.html.

David Cousens

On Fri, 2019-01-25 at 08:38 +0800, John Sears via gnucash-user wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> A few months ago,  I moved the location of my GNUcash file (along with 
> the addressing of the associated linked files - you may remember a post 
> about this).  I have been living a fairly hectic life since,  moving 
> country, massively downsizing  etc, and a fairly annoying pc problem.  I 
> am sure that I did a lot of work on  GNU Cash  in Q4, but noticed the 
> other day that all of these transactions were missing and that my 
> GNUCash was pointing at an old GNUCash file.  I've looked everywhere on 
> my computer and USBs for the file that I think might contain the 
> transactions that I am sure I put in  ( It was a lot of work, so I don't 
> want to just retype them again), but I just cannot find the file.
> 
> I notice that GNUCash highlights the  last 4 files that have been opened 
> ( under the file tab) .  Is there a way to see all the files that have 
> been opened historically and their location in the file directory.  I 
> just cannot find the correct file or any logs for the data that I 
> entered in Q4, and at least if I know the possible paths, I might be 
> able to ascertain if the data has somehow managed to be deleted from 
> that location, and then determine my way forward
> 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> john
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> gnucash-user mailing list
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:
> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information.
> -----
> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.