[GNC] Today's search....for .lck

[Mahon Finbar]

BTW, forgot to mention, the date of the last transaction in the file 
that I mentioned that opens, is in 2022!!

I certainly have been updating my records since then.

Barry

On 06/08/2023 18:12, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> On 8/6/23 6:23 AM, Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user wrote:
>> Quite correct....
>>
>> For a very long time I have had an issue that when I click the app, 
>> it loads, but after the perl stuff it says"cannot find the file - 
>> open anyway?" 
> The lock file message occurs when there is a lock file (.lck) on the 
> last used file.
>
> Lock files are created when GnuCash opens a file and they are deleted 
> when GnuCash cleanly exits.
>
> Thus, the presence of a lock file means one of two things:
>
> 1. The file is indeed open already. (maybe the app is minimized, or 
> maybe the window for it is on an external monitor)
>
> 2. GnuCash did not cleanly shut down the last time it was used and the 
> lock file remained.
>
> Only if you know for a fact that you are dealing with case #2 is it 
> okay to proceed with "open anyway".
>
>> From time to time, seemingly randomly, it opens the (presumably last 
>> used) file and away I go. 
>
> I don't think I've ever seen GnuCash continue to do anything unless 
> I've chosen an option from the lockscreen warning. If you are 
> observing different behavior, I'd call that a bug.
>
>> I am always careful.
>
> Apparently not if you 'presume' the file that gets opened is the last 
> used one without making sure. (the file name is in the window title 
> bar) And by the names and counts of the files you've provided so far, 
> it indeed wasn't the last used file, but a backup. And this has 
> happened many times.
>
> But no matter. While you weren't very clear, It appears you are 
> opening the app via an app shortcut, and NOT double-clicking the data 
> file. If you instead double-click the file, please advise.
>
> Let's move on to cleaning this up. It looks like you started yet 
> another thread (not sure why) with a screenshot showing a File 
> Explorer list, but it didn't come through. If you can get that 
> screenshot to upload (JPG, BMP should work) and we can see the full 
> file list with modified and created dates, we can help you sort the mess.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
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