It should probably be filed in Bugzilla, but I think it might already be there.
I seem to recall asking this question myself some months ago after a thread about user confusion over these files. I unfortunately can’t find the thread and don’t remember the exact final point, but I do remember one of the devs stated a good reason for why the present situation is what it is, darned if I can remember it though. Maybe one of them will chime in. Regards, Adrien > On Dec 31, 2018, at 12:09 PM, David T. via gnucash-user > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > Been done. > https://gnucash.uservoice.com/forums/101223-feature-request/suggestions/1470507-configuration-option-for-backup-location > > > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 23:18, Stephen M. Butler<kg...@arrl.net> wrote: On > 12/31/18 9:29 AM, Stan Brown wrote: >> Under "Uddating advice", I believe Finbar Mahon wrote: >> >>> On reading it I see that what is missing is how to find where the >>> gnucash file is saved. The problem is that where it is was specified >>> by yourself when you first saved your accounts file. Just as it is if >>> you save a word processor document for example, so the wiki assumes >>> you remember where that is. >> True enough, and a couple of people have suggested how to find a file. >> >> But word processors typically DON'T put dozens of log files in the same >> directory or folder as the actual document. Because Gnucash does, when >> someone naively saves a Gnucash data file to her desktop, it's almost >> immediately cluttered with log files. The same was true when I naively saved >> my first GnuCash file to the same folder as my financial spreadsheets -- >> relatively quickly they were buried under a blizzard of log files. (Granted, >> I'm exaggerating a bit, for effect.) >> >> I understand the usefulness of the log files, but why aren't they written to >> the temp folder? Or better yet, why aren't they written to a user-specified >> location, with the temp folder as default? >> > This sounds like an idea that needs to be filed as an enhancement > request. I'd suggest an alternative might be to create two sub-folders > in the folder where the data file is stored: > > 1. ./GnuCash-Backups > 2. ./GnuCash-Logs > > That would keep them from cluttering up the main folder but be readily > at hand and easily identifiable. Of course, I've used *Nix style paths > but the idea should port to Windows (I don't know Mac). > > --Steve > > -- > Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM > stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com > kg...@arrl.net > 253-350-0166 > ------------------------------------------- > GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 > > <Untitled.txt>_______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.