[GNC] Will the file myStuff.gnucash work on Linux & Windows machines?

[David H]

Hi Chris,

Yes I looked at Syncthing a little while ago but at the time it just seemed
easier to go with the existing Dropbox/FreeFileSync setup.  I wasn't sure
how Syncthing would handle the situation where for example I had a laptop
turned off for a period of time that wasn't sync'd up and I then fired it
up while I was out and about.  I assume from your "across the 'public'
internet" comment this would be handled ok as well, if that's the case I
might take another look at it :-)

Cheers David H.


On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 at 18:13, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:30:22PM +1000, David H wrote:
> > 1. Dropbox syncs between the cloud and the local pc's automagically for
> me
> > so a copy of the updated file is always copied down to the local pc into
> > the Dropbox folder when the pc is turned on.
> >
> > 2.  I run FreeFileSync manually on demand to just sync the data file in
> my
> > local Dropbox folder with my local GnuCash data folder.  You can set it
> up
> > to run automatically or on a schedule I think from memory - never
> bothered
> > with that myself tho as I want to sync when I'm happy with the GnuCash
> > updates I've done in the current session. Having it locally in the
> Dropbox
> > folder and the Gnucash data folder is handy when you've really screwed
> > things up in Gnucash - you can just copy the latest unupdated file from
> the
> > Dropbox folder back over the screwed up one in the GnuCash data folder if
> > worst comes to worst :-).
> >
> > 3. I'm just using FreeFileSync to sync the file from my local Dropbox
> > folder to my local Gnucash data folder.
> >
> > There are other options for syncing out there such as Rsync.
> >
> As I've noted elsewhere in this thread Syncthing is excellent and
> works 'transparently' once set up, no need for the user to do anything
> to keep files synchronised.  It's pretty simple to set up too.
>
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