I imagine logging is minimal by default to help keep GnuCash speedy. Unless the user increases verbosity via CLI when launching GnuCash. Just a guess.
I'm also curious about controlling logging. I bet it's documented somewhere Kind regards, Greg Feneis (Pixel 3) On Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 15:00 Roland Roberts <rol...@astrofoto.org> wrote: > On 2/21/2020 11:54 PM, Roland Roberts wrote: > > [...] > > So... I figured the log file(s) between those two should have the > > missing transactions. But that file is nothing but a sequence of > > > > ===== START > > ===== END > > > > after the header. Why wouldn't the log have my deleted transactions > > in it? > > So I was able to track down the missing transaction. What had actually > happened was that I had apparently edited it (obviously in error) and > change the account on a payment to a credit card. That removed it's > reconciled state in the bank account from which the payment had been > made (naturally, it was no longer against that account). I did that the > painful way by unpacking the two gnucash files and doing diff, that > tracking through the diffs. > > I'm still puzzled by the log file. I read through some of the gnucash > docs and realize that scheduled transactions are special beasts and that > those don't show up in the logs, but an edit like this I thought would. > My immediate problem is solved, but...I'd like to know what sort of > things the logs can help me with since it wasn't as useful as I expected > for this case. > > roland > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.