[GNC] Backup files in another folder – solution for Windows

[Jack Lockard]

You can also use a batch file to accomplish the task of moving the backup and log files. I have a batch file named "Start GNUcash.bat" that contains the following:

@ECHO OFF
ECHO Starting GNUcash
START "Starting GNUcash" /WAIT "C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash.exe"
ECHO GNUcash closed
MOVE "C:\data file location\*.gnucash.*.gnucash" "C:\Backup file location"
MOVE "C:\data file location\*.log" "C:\Backup file location"
PAUSE
@ECHO ON
EXIT

The START command starts GNUcash and waits for it to close. Once it closes, it moves the backup and log files to the backup folder.  Obviously you would need to change the data file and backup file locations to suit your system. The file location spec does not need to be enclosed in quotes if there is no "White Space" in the file spec. Note that you cannot simply use "*.gnucash" for the backup file as that would move the main data file as well, so it must be "*.gnucash.*.gnucash".

Jack


-----Original Message-----
From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+jelockard=outlook.com at gnucash.org> On Behalf Of Glenn Fowler
Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2022 7:12 PM
To: GNC mailinglist <flying at 10g.pl>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Backup files in another folder – solution for Windows

Thank you for sharing.
I do my backups with PS as well but just do a once daily run and check the file hash for changes. If it's changed then copy.

On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 6:47 PM GNC mailinglist <flying at 10g.pl> wrote:

> Hi,    I'm new to GnuCash but, yep, I was disappointed by the multiple
> backup and log files cluttering the directory where the main budget 
> file is stored. I've searched and found out nobody even made a 
> workaround. So I wrote a Powershell (Windows) script watching folder 
> for new files and moving them to another folder. Take a look at →  
> github.com
> https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FKaligula0%2FFolderWatcher&data=05%7C01%7C%7C10814a96c5234a88fdd908da766fffb6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637952520658959336%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1zcfSLQK%2FBI%2FJM%2FzuATFplweHxp73T0VzqPdDuaN%2FxI%3D&reserved=0  .  The file has an
> explanation but feel free to comment here or file a bug there.    Best
> regards, Char
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