[GNC] Backup

[David Carlson]

James,

When your computer fails, your data will be gone unless you, by your own
volition, have made a special plan to back up your data to a safe and
proper external location.  Nobody here can tell you if you made a proper
choice.  That also goes for all the other data on your computer.

A feature in GnuCash can save recent copies of your data files and 'log'
files that can be used if the program crashes or if the user makes a
mistake and corrupts the most recent data file, but it is useless if your
computer fails.

There is no backup in GnuCash.



On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 2:07 PM James Baxter via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> Sir. I am using LibreOffice. There is a backup in the program. So I use
> that.
> I am going to reread your email to see what you are talking about.
> ThanksJames Baxter Kangaroo52 at yahoo.com
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
>
>   On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 6:49 AM, James Baxter<kangaroo52 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:   David You are not tell me if the backup is working or not.
> ThanksJames Baxter Kangaroo52 at yahoo.com
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
>
>   On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 3:35 AM, Maf. King<maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
>  On Wednesday, 28 June 2023 00:46:45 BST James Baxter via gnucash-user
> wrote:
> > I have a backup drive. I have looked over it and I don't see it. Does
> > Gnucash have a backup. Or what. ThanksJames Baxter Kangaroo52 at yahoo.com
> >
>
> Hi James.
>
> If you are using the default  XML file to store your GC data, then it is
> possible to have GC set up in a way so that the *program* creates a sort
> of
> back-up file each time you save the changes you have made to the *Data*
> file.
> (I think GC does this by default, if you don't explicitly tell GC not to
> in
> the program options)
>
> May I ask a related (rhetorical) question?
>
> How do you back up your other *data* files?  (ie your photos, letters you
> have
> written in a wordprocessor, for example)
>
> If those things are important to you, then you really should devise a
> system
> you are comfortable with so that your important digital assets can survive
> a
> range of threats - from minor disk errors thru ransomware or hardware
> failure
> up to catastrophies like fire, flood etc.  There is lots of info on the
> web
> about how to do this and there is no correct answer that is right for
> everyone... and it is not on-topic for this list...
>
>  Just (as a minimum) include your GC data file in that backup strategy you
> devise.... if you don't know where you have saved your GC data file, then
> that
> is the first thing you need to figure out (hints: look at the main window
> title
> bar for the filename and File -> SaveAs for the folder (but don't actually
> "Save"!)) before you consider if the file is backed up adequately or not...
>
> HTH,
> Maf.
>
>
>
>
>
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-- 
David Carlson