[GNC] Issue with Backup and Log Files

[Maf. King]

On Saturday, 22 February 2025 15:10:43 GMT Ivan Miotto wrote:

Hi welcome to the list Ivan.  Please remember to "reply-all" or "reply-list" - 
others will be able to help more than me and others with the same issues might 
find a solution too!

> 1. Why does my main file not generate backups in the correct format and only
> save log files? 

Total Guess from me: is the original file in XML or one of the database 
formats?  ISTR that backups are not created if the file is not XML.


> 2. Why does GnuCash continue to create log files even when
> I set the retention option to “Never”? 

Not got any great insight here.... Does GC *retain* the log files from run-to-
run?  IE does the list of retained logs grow to more than one?  

HTH,
Maf.