[GNC] GNUcash is using 538MB

[Ed Love]

Great questions, thanks! I've got data since about 2010, for just me.

No securities at all, average transaction description maybe 15 
characters, and I have no idea how to compress XML.

I've checked settings, and it says I'm compressing files, and backing up 
data for 30 days.

What else do I need to check? Maybe there's a section in the doco on 
keeping disk space down?

I looked, but didn't find it. I'm hoping there's a simple setting or two 
that will help.

Thanks again!

     Ed

On 15 Dec 2022 7:58 pm, David Carlson wrote:
> Maybe you have a lot of security price history.  Maybe you are not 
> storing your data in compressed XML form. Maybe you just give every 
> transaction a lengthy description.  Maybe you have thirty years of 
> history  in your file.
>
> I can go on.....
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2022, 5:28 AM Ed <ed65love at gmail.com 
> <mailto:ed65love at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     How can this be?! I'm using version 4.11 under w10.
>
>     This seems WAY over the top to me, hard to believe.
>
>     I'm only recording my own expenses, nothing fancy!
>
>     How can I reduce this space usage. I've searched for answers, but
>     found
>     nothing.
>
>     Thanks in advance!
>
>          Ed
>
>     p.s. apart from that, it's a great program :)
>
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