[GNC] Huge number of missing transactions

[David H]

https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_What_are_all_these_.gnucash_and_.log_files_filling_up_my_directory.3F
https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.html

Might give you an explanation of the log files...

Cheers David H.

On Sat, 4 Feb 2023 at 10:01, Daine Pearson via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I do see a few messages spread over the years about similar issues but
> most have gone unanswered so I thought I'd create a new one.
>
> My partner and I have been jointly using GNUcash for a few years. The
> XML data files reside on a shared network drive.
> I recently installed a new Win 10 computer and installed the latest (at
> the time) 4.11.
> I did not think about the fact that her system was still running 3.6 -
> Probably the culprit...
> Everything seems to have been going fine but yesterday she noticed all
> the payments into a credit card account were gone, leaving quite a large
> negative balance. I looked further and discovered this was true for many
> accounts but I do not believe any accounts were missing or completely
> empty.
> I went into the shared directory and could easily see by the file size
> that a large data reduction recently occurred as the size suddenly drops
> from ~900KB to ~600KB.
> There is also a 17MB (136325 lines) log file in that same time period.
> Not so much had happened in the few days after that file size drop so I
> exported some new transactions that had been manually entered in the
> (corrupted) file and saved one of the earlier files as the new data file.
> I updated both machines to the latest stable 4.13 build, imported those
> new transactions and just for kicks, ran the repair function which did
> not throw any messages so presumably nothing was fixed.
> Things seem to be fine but it occurred to me that it would be useful if
> I understood better what the log files actually might reveal and if they
> also show actions taken by the program?
> It seems pretty clear that each new transaction generates a log entry
> but I'm unsure how deletions, moved items, etc., are marked in the logs.
> I'm guessing the letters in the 'mod' column between Start & End mean
> something but not sure what.
>
> I presume and hope that something about managing and saving the same
> data file under both versions is what caused the mishap but it would be
> good to understand the situation better so all thoughts welcome.
>
> And presuming sharing files between different program version is a
> danger (which it likely is), I guess it would be helpful if opening an
> account file would trigger a cancel message if it was last saved by a
> different version, particularly a newer version.
>
> Thanks... DP
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