[GNC] Time to Back Up (SOLVED)

[Jerry Criswell (JC)]

You are correct.  A little history. I was the first IT guy in our office 
back in the nineties and set up the first two email systems, so I know 
and agree with everything you said.  Probably poor wording due to age 
(86).  I am new to linux so was trying to learn something.

Thanks to everyone for your help.

JC


On 2/3/26 1:00 PM, Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user wrote:
> On 2/3/2026 1:20 PM, Jerry Criswell (JC) wrote:
>> I have used GnuCash for a month now, am fairly comfortable, and think 
>> I will keep it.  I am running it on Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon 64 bit.
>>
>> What are the files to back up and where are they? I can use terminal 
>> if I have to (too much typing) but prefer not to.
>>
>> Need to know anything else?
>>
>> JC
>
> The answer you just got is a LITERAL answer to your question (how do I 
> back up my gnucash data). But the REAL QUESTION you should be asking 
> is "how do I back up ALL of my user data that I would not want lost 
> WHEN (not if) my machine dies". You gnucash data is likely just a tiny 
> subset of that data you should be backing up on a regular basis. If 
> you have a GENERAL process backing up "all my critical user data" you 
> will not need something specific to gnucash data.
>
> For example consider this process. Mount an external drive. Create(on 
> it) a directory with a name like backupyyyymmdd. Copy into this 
> directory your user directory. Unmount the external drive < Ideally  
> you keep this drive in a fire box in a separate location-- mine lives 
> in a fire box inside a dead fridge in the garage (a separate building) 
> >> If that sounds extreme, I'm a retired pro, and smoke damage from a 
> 2006 house fire meant only some of my backups were readable. Of course 
> in my working days backups were done for me.
>
> Michael D Novack
>
>
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