[GNC] Okay, why won't it let me restore from backup?

[ToddAndMargo]

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>> On Tue, May 7, 2019, 3:09 AM ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user 
>> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>> wrote:
>> 
>>     On 5/7/19 12:08 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>>      > What exactly did you do when you tried to restore it from backup?
>>      > Without knowing what backup s/w or strategy you use we are in the
>>     dark
>>      > on what you actually did.
>> 
>>     What backup means is that I have copies of the data file squirrels away
>>     wher Gnu Cash can't find them.  I restored yesterday's file to
>>     the target directory where GnuCash does look.  I got back the same
>>     closed account.  When I let GnuCash i on the secret as to where
>>     the backups were, it ran the prior day's properly.  I then used
>>     "Save As" to put it back where it normally resides and remove
>>     GnuCash from seeing the backup archines.
>> 
>>     Why it worked the second way and not the first is the mystery.


On 5/7/19 2:59 AM, David Carlson wrote:
> ToddAndMargo,
> 
> GnuCash keeps information about some details such as which account 
> windows were left open and their size and locations on the screen when 
> you closed your data file in a different folder on your computer.  This 
> information is called your preferences and it is a good idea to 
> occasionally save a copy of them in a backup folder.  There is 
> information online at gnucash.org <http://gnucash.org> about how to find 
> your preferences depending on the computer os and the version of GnuCash.
> 
> If you have saved any custom reports you should also back them up in the 
> same way as you back up your preferences.
> 
> David Carlson
> 
> 

Hi David,

Ah Ha!  You pegged it:

~]$ find . -iname \*gnucash\*
./.local/share/gnucash
...
./.config/gnucash

Thank you!

-T