[GNC] File Locations

[Jan Herdsman]

Thanky, That was helpful.


On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 4:27 AM Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 5:09 AM Jan Herdsman <jan at herdsman2.com> wrote:
>
>> I am using an iMac, I would like to be able to save my GNU file in a cloud
>> or other location than my hard drive, Also don't know where the location
>> or
>> name of any backup files are,
>> All I can see is log files and one LCK file and the gnucash file, all in
>> My
>> Documents.
>> If possible I would also like to be able to open the main file on a
>> windows
>> computer sometimes.
>>
>
> If you have your data stored as SQL (instead of the default XML file
> format) you won't have any backup files, just the log files. The log files,
> and backup files, if any can automatically be deleted after a certain time
> according to the preferences in GnuCash.
>
> HOWEVER since you aren't certain where all your files are and want to move
> and/or sync them, I checked the FAQ:
>
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ
>
> which links to the Backup entry:
>
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup
>
> Have a look at the Backup information and see if that helps you A) make a
> backup of your valuable data NOW before something goes wrong and B) know
> what files you might want to move or mark to sync with your iCloud (or
> DropBox, Google Drive, etc.).
>
> (Generally it's a lot easier to keep each data file in its own directory
> because of the log files and backup files that clutter it, so a separate
> directory is recommended. When you move the GnuCash files to a new
> location, unfortunately the Mac version keeps looking for the data file in
> the old location UNTIL you explicitly Open the newly positioned data file
> from within the application.)
>
> Once your data file has been located where another computer syncs with it,
> you can open the file from that computer, too. Just be sure to use the same
> version number GnuCash on that computer, and don't expect to be able to
> open the data from more than one computer at the same time.
>
>
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