[GNC] How do I do a back up of Gnucash?

[R Losey]

This is not easy because of the following:
1) There are a multitude of ways to backup data; the "step by step" way I
set up my backups may not match your backup program. Moreover, Mac has
different tools that Windows than Linux - on Macs, the "Time Machine" comes
with Macs and is pretty common, but Windows and Linux have a wide variety
of backup programs.

2) The main GnuCash data file name is determined by each user; mine could
be "MyFinances.gnucash", yours may be "HeidiMoney.gnucash". The name is
normally "<CustomName>.gnucash"... this is again difficult to put in a
step-by-step procedure.

3) GnuCash's help files does have a section on which files need to be
backed up that has  been previously referenced. I skip this because the
other files are kept in a subdirectory of my home directory, and that is
backed up on the different computers I have.



On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 7:59 AM halatch1008 via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> Could someone write a step by step of Instruction on how to Back up all my
> Gnucash files together with the program, in case my computer
> dies.Thanks,Heidi


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