[GNC] Import failing - cannot get debug file

[David Carlson]

Unfortunately I am not conversant with debugging releases 3.x of Gnucash.
I am still in the old school.

I did forget one other thing though.  If you do anything through a network
connection, which conceivably could even include a flash drive, Window
firewall might gratuitously block you.  Yesterday it blocked VNC from
listening to the radio in my Windows 7 computer

David Carlson

On Sat, Jan 4, 2020, 8:39 AM Bennie Gibson <benniegibson56 at gmail.com> wrote:

> David - thanks for your input.  Regarding chunking the imports, that's
> exactly what I'm doing and am making some progress.  My primary struggle
> right now  is that GNUCash doesn't appear to be creating a debug file.  I
> understand c:\ is a bad location for a user file but I wanted a location
> with minimum folders involved to ensure I was looking in the right place.
>
> Any suggestions on why the below commands are not creating a debug file
> appreciated:
>
> gnucash.exe --debug --tofile="c:\gnucash.log"
>
> gnucash.exe --debug
>
> as I understand the last command line should create a default tracefile
> but I don't see it either.
>
> Thanks
> On 1/4/2020 8:33 AM, David Carlson wrote:
>
> First, in Windows 10 (or any OS, for that matter) c:\ is a bad choice for
> user file location. Try directing your error file to your desktop.
>
> Second, hopefully you have put your data file in a folder under your
> documents or some other user location.
>
> Third, if you have read other user suggestions  about importing from
> Quicken, start with tiny chunks of transactions to see how it goes.
>
> Fourth, in some cases it is easier to edit transactions in Quicken before
> exporting.
>
> Fifth, consider only importing a short segment of recent history and leave
> old history in Quicken.
>
> Sixth, back up everything first and test with disposable copies of files.
>
> Seventh,  if you still have specific questions,  ask here giving all
> details  except personal information.
>
> Good luck
>
> David Carlson
>
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2020, 4:33 AM Bennie Gibson <benniegibson56 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am trying to move from quicken to gnucash and have had mixed results
>> with importing qif files from quicklen.  I've been able to isolate a
>> couple of causes of import failures by trial and error exclusion of
>> specific items but it appears I have several failures to deal with and
>> no messages to indicate the cause.  I tried starting gnucash with
>> --debug --logto="c:\gnucash.log"    it appears gnucash is recognizing
>> the debug command as it takes longer to start but I'm not seeing any log
>> or trace file created. I've also tried leaving out the logto command and
>> letting gnucash create a default file but cannot locate that either.
>> I've looked in AppData\Local\Temp and found no new files.
>>
>> Any suggestions appreciated.  I feel like I'm close but with several
>> years of data, I need something to assist me me excluding the items
>> causing import failure.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
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