[GNC] GnuCash Backup

[brad]

There's a tool called rsnapshot on linux that is pretty easy to use.   
(rsnapshot.org)

On 2/22/22 18:01, Chris Good wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:49:42 -0700
> From: Mario Nigrovic <jagmarz at gmail.com>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: [GNC] (no subject)
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> Many years ago, I had used gnucash, and was pretty happy with it. I was very
> careful to make regular backups of my data, and so, when my disk inevitably
> crashed, I was not too worried. However, I was mortified to discover that,
> although all my transaction data had been saved, all my custom reports were
> lost, as they had been stored separately in a secret undisclosed location, I
> later discovered to be elsewhere in my home directory.
>
> Recently, I have decided to try again to use gnucash, but I would like very
> much to ensure ALL my data is backed up. So I hit upon the idea of running
> the tool under a custom value of $HOME, but I was then shocked to discover
> that even with this method, gnucash was able to remember previous locations
> of my database file, which suggests that the tool is also using some kind of
> other mechanism to save historical data, and that makes me very nervous
> about actually being able to do proper backups of everything related to the
> tool.
> Doing some sleuthing using strace, I was able to find the previous database
> location delivered through some socket connection, and that really scares
> me, since it is now possible critical data is stored via some other Linux
> service and I will have no way to trace out where this may be to avoid
> future nasty surprises.
> I have not seen any documentation about backup strategies other than the
> aromatic saving of previous data files, yet I do see that there was data
> being stored at least in ~/.local, so I'm hoping someone on this list may be
> able to point me to some more thorough discussion of ALL the places user
> data from gnucash may be stored.
> Thanks for your help!
>
> -- Mario
>
> Hi Mario,
>
> Backups are discussed in https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup
>
> You may also like the tool I wrote for backing up (just about) all the
> possible files that hold GnuCash configuration:
>
> Linux:
> https://github.com/goodvibes2/BackupGnuCashLinux
> Windows:
> https://github.com/goodvibes2/BackupGnuCashWin
>
> I know this is not the simplest to understand but that's how it is.
> If you cannot figure out what to do, just follow the instructions for
> Version 2.x in java 11 and using the Precompiled Binaries.
>
> Regards,
> Chris Good
>
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