[GNC] gnucash - Can't Save file

Mon Jun 26 12:50:14 EDT 2023

If you turn off compression, you will be able to save the file.

Also, I have pulled down the first 9 patches to 5.2 and can verify that 
on my Ubuntu box the file save to a compressed file does work.

Stephen M Butler
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kg7je at arrl.net
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On 6/26/23 09:42, Neil Campbell wrote:
>> 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.
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> Neil Campbell
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>>    1. Re:  Upgraded to v5.2- now can't save (Gyle McCollam)
>>    2. Re:  Problem saving data file in GNUcash 5.2
>>       (Michael or Penny Novack)
>>    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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>> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org> on behalf of Ira Fuchs <irafuchs at gmail.com>
>> 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:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I do have full permissions and have since saved non-GNUcash files to these
>>> locations.
>>
>> 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
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Thank you, Michael. You said what I was thinking, but phrased it better.
>>
>> Stan Brown
>> Tehachapi, CA, USA
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