[GNC] gnucash - Can't Save file

[Neil Campbell]

> The bug has been reported.  Gnucash can't save to a compressed file, the fix is due any day now.  However, 5.1 work fine if you want to upgrade now.

Really? Please tell me how I can recover over 2 hours of work on GnuCash ver 5.2? I mean, is there any way I can recover my changes/input which I will lose if I now go back to ver 5.1? I am in limbo at present.

Neil Campbell


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>   1. Re:  Upgraded to v5.2- now can't save (Gyle McCollam)
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>   3.  Advice before posting a problem (was: Problem saving data
>      file in GNUcash 5.2) (Stan Brown)
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> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:34:06 +0000
> From: Gyle McCollam <gmccollam at live.com>
> To: Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com>, Gnucash <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Upgraded to v5.2- now can't save
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> The bug has been reported.  Gnucash can't save to a compressed file, the fix is due any day now.  However, 5.1 work fine if you want to upgrade now.
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> Thank You,
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> Gyle McCollam
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> Gyle McCollam
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> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2023 8:19 AM
> To: Gnucash <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: [GNC] Upgraded to v5.2- now can't save
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> I just upgraded to v5.2 and I can no longer save changes. I get this error:
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> Could not write to file /Users/if/Documents/GnuCash folder/ gnucash_transactions.gnucash.20181105195638.gnucash.
> 20211205203910.gnucash. Check that you have permission to write to this file and that there is sufficient space to create it.
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> I have gone back to v4.13.
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> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2023 11:31:18 -0400
> From: Michael or Penny Novack <stepbystepfarm at comcast.net>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Problem saving data file in GNUcash 5.2
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> On 6/26/2023 8:23 AM, geoff.accounts at 70torcavenue.net wrote:
>> Today updated to version 5.2 but now unable to save any changes to my entry
>> stating that I do not have any permissions to do so.  Have tried changing
>> location to another folder on the C:\ drive and also an external drive but
>> does not work.
>> 
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>> I do have full permissions and have since saved non-GNUcash files to these
>> locations.
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> Sort of general advice for any help list (not specific to gnucash)
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> Whenever you have a problem, before posting your request for help, LOOK 
> at recent entries to the list, say the last week or so. You want to see 
> if there have been a number of people reporting the same problem that 
> you have and are receiving answers about it. If so, these is no need to 
> add your plea for help to all the others. Not particularly helpful.
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> Yes, there is a problem with 5.2
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> Yes there are suggestion about what to do
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> Michael D Novack
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2023 08:41:14 -0700
> From: Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: [GNC] Advice before posting a problem (was: Problem saving
> 	data file in GNUcash 5.2)
> Message-ID: <505b815b-0bc4-2b73-2fd2-c04950fb558a at fastmail.fm>
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> On 2023-06-26 08:31, Michael or Penny Novack wrote:
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>> Sort of general advice for any help list (not specific to gnucash)
>> 
>> Whenever you have a problem, before posting your request for help, LOOK
>> at recent entries to the list, say the last week or so. You want to see
>> if there have been a number of people reporting the same problem that
>> you have and are receiving answers about it. If so, these is no need to
>> add your plea for help to all the others. Not particularly helpful.
>> 
>> Yes, there is a problem with 5.2
>> 
>> Yes there are suggestion about what to do
> 
> +1
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> Thank you, Michael. You said what I was thinking, but phrased it better.
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> Stan Brown
> Tehachapi, CA, USA
> https://BrownMath.com
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