[GNC] Moving log location

[Michael Margolis]

Hi Stan and David,

Thank you for your helpful emails. As you suggested, I created a new folder and “saved as” the GnuCash file to that new folder. As a result, new logs and files are automatically saving to this new folder. No glitches. I moved all the old logs from my desktop into a different new folder and, finally, into the trash. Everything works perfectly—no missing data entries. No more logs on my desktop. Happy camper!

Many thanks for your help,
Michael Margolis



> On Feb 27, 2021, at 10:11 PM, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2021-02-27 11:34, Michael Margolis wrote:
>> I have been using GnuCash on my early 2015 MacBook Pro. GnuCash has been placing logs on my desktop. Lots of them! When I have tried to move them, I have “lost” data in GnuCash. As a result, I am gun-shy about trying to move them without some advice.
>> 
>> Can I create a folder and direct GnuCash to store and find the logs there? Or some other workaround that doesn’t require a lot of technical knowledge?
> 
> No, unfortunately GnuCash insists on writing all log files to the same
> folder where the data file is located. (Your question is probably the
> most commonly asked one, for what comfort that may be.)
> 
> It seems natural to put a frequently-used file like your accounting
> database on the desktop, but as you've discovered GnuCash is the exception.
> 
> All you can do is set a preference for those files to be auto-deleted
> after a specified number of days, so at least they don't go on
> accumulating indefinitely. For this reason, most people dedicate a
> folder solely for GnuCash database(s).
> 
> To move your GC database to a different folder, first create the folder.
> Then open the file as you usually do, and click File » Save As to save
> it to your new folder. Form then on, log files will be created in that
> folder. After checking that everything is okay, you can delete all the
> GC files from your desktop.
> 
> -- 
> Stan Brown
> Tehachapi, CA, USA
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