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

[R Losey]

Well, that's a start... what kind of backup program do you have?

Oh, and please ensure that you do a reply-all so that the conversation goes
out to the community; it may help others, and I make some errors that the
community would catch and correct.

I thought that someone had pointed to a section of the manual or somewhere
that listed the files that should be backed up.

Richard


On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 10:09 PM halatch1008 <halatch1008 at comcast.net>
wrote:

> I have Windows.  The" Get help" section of Gnucash is No help at all in
> explaining how to do a back up
> Heidi
>
>
>
> Sent from myerizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com>
> Date: 10/16/24 4:47 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: halatch1008 <halatch1008 at comcast.net>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] How do I do a back up of Gnucash?
>
> 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
>
>
> _________________________________
> Richard Losey
> rlosey at gmail.com
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