[GNC] Backups

[David Cousens]

Elmar,

The storage locations are defined in the following wiki
page https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations#:~:text=The%20usual%20locations%20per%20OS,to%20as%20%24HOME%20or%20~%2F
for all 3 OS types.

It just requires copying the files in these locations to a USB or other
location. On a Linux system the following will do it

cp $HOME/,local/share/gnucash DESTINATION/gnucash-use-config
cp $HOME/.local/share/gtk-3.0 DESTINATION/gnucash-gtk-config
cp $HOME/.config/gnucash  DESTINATION/gnucash_config 
cp $HOME/path-to-data-file DESTINATION

restoring it would simply be the same with the order of the locations reversed.

David Cousens

On Fri, 2022-12-23 at 13:28 -0500, Elmar Schmeisser wrote:
> The hard part is backing up all the specialized reports and the online
> settings, etc.  The datafile is easy; the rest is not.
> 
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2022, 12:00 PM <gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > At Fri, 23 Dec 2022 10:34:44 +1000 Daryl Hillgrove <
> > daryl.hillgrove at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Can a simple backup function be added to gnucash?
> > > 
> > > I am very concerned that if my computer fails I will lose all my data. I
> > > want to store the backup data to external storage such as a memory stick.
> > > 
> > 
> > This can be achieved by just copying the *.gnucash file to your external
> > storage device.  GnuCash *already* makes backup copies of its datafile, in
> > the
> > directory (folder) where the datafile lives.
> > 
> > > Thanks
> > 
> > 
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