[GNC] Autosave question

Wm Tarr wm at ilipsis.net
Fri Oct 2 02:52:50 EDT 2026


Using sqlite3 or another db backend avoids this problem altogether ... 
but you may have reasons to use XML.

Wm


On 2026-10-01 13:55, scum buster via gnucash-user wrote:
> I have my gnucash set to autosave every 5 minutes.....
>
> However, I have found that if I leave it running and unattended, if I 
> did not manually click "save" in whatever account I am working in, if 
> windows does a forced restart, I lose whatever transactions I did 
> since the last save.
>
> I try and remember every time to click "save"... but sometimes I guess 
> I still forget.
>
> Why isnt the auto-save function working though?
>
> Version: 5.10
> Build ID: 5.10+(2024-12-14)
>
> Thanks folks
>
>


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