[GNC] Message from GnuCash about Dropbox

[Tommy Trussell]

I didn't notice until just now the picture of the message didn't come
through to the list.

David Long attached a screenshot of a dialog saying:

Remove "Sailing club July 2024.gnucash.tmp-A24500" from your Dropbox
account and all devices? If you move this file to "$Deleted", it won't be
available in Dropbox or on any devices.
The Dialog offers a checkbox "Don't ask me this again" and "Cancel" and
"Move out of Dropbox"

ON FURTHER REFLECTION, could this be a tmp file for a GnuCash report? The
name of the file makes me think it's a report and not the name of your
Gnucash "book" file.

Again, it's OK to let Dropbox delete it. I presume the tmp file gets
created when you create a report.

You might want to consider why you're backing up the directory containing
tmp files to Dropbox, but you may have your reasons... it should not hurt
anything. It also should not hurt anything to allow Dropbox to purge the
files when you're through with them.

Please copy the list on all your replies. Reply-all works.


On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 9:30 AM Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi... Please remember to copy the list on all replies... I know only a
> little, the list (collectively) knows a lot. I'm copying the list with this
> reply.
>
> I don't use Windows, so maybe it's a Windows thing?
>
> I would say it's not a problem deleting a tmp file, because tmp almost
> always means "temporary."
>
> But I don't know why GnuCash is creating it...
>
> AND
>
> I don't know why Dropbox is asking you if it's OK to delete it! DropBox
> doesn't ask me these things. Maybe Dropbox is configured in a very
> different way on your computer.
>
> Could it be that you have Dropbox pointing to system and program
> directories and not just "user data"? I do not use Dropbox that way, but
> I'm sure you have your reasons.
>
>
>
> Please remember to copy the list on all replies. Reply-All works.
>
>
>
> On October 25, 2024 4:09:15 AM CDT, David Long <davidvernonlong at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Tommy,
>>
>> I attach the message I get. I am doing nothing fancy, just running
>> GnuCash on Windows 11. I run on two different PCs according to where I am,
>> and they access the file on the Dropbox folder. I ghet thie message on both
>> PCs so its not PC specific.
>>
>> regards
>>
>> David
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 7:55 PM Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 1:08 PM David Long <davidvernonlong at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My GNucash files are saved on a folder which is synchronised with
>>>> Dropbox.
>>>> I keep getting a message:
>>>> "Remove "{file name}.tmp-a24500" from your Dropbox account and all
>>>> devices?
>>>> If you move this file to "$Deleted$, it won;t be available in Dropbox
>>>> or on
>>>> any devices"
>>>>  Cancel  or Move out of Dropbox
>>>>
>>>> I click on Cancel.
>>>>
>>>> What is all this about? Is there a problem with saving on a folder which
>>>> synchronizes with Dropbox?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I run Dropbox on Ubuntu (and Android and another person here runs
>>> Windows). I am running Version 5.9 installed via Flatpak, and I am using
>>> the standard XML file type. I do not see any file named {file
>>> name}.tmp-a24500 on my system when using GnuCash.
>>>
>>> Could it be from a different application?
>>>
>>> When using XML GnuCash creates at least four kinds of files:
>>>
>>> {filename}.gnucash (the ".gnucash" extension is optional but customary)
>>> {filename}.{long number with date & time}.log <-- usually have a bunch
>>> of these
>>> {filename}.{long number with date & time}.gnucash <-- usually have a
>>> bunch of these
>>> {filename}.gnucash.LCK
>>>
>>> Maybe if you are using a database backend (like mySQL) that would
>>> explain the tmp file?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
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>>>>
>>>