There has been discussion here in the past about how to save backups of the information that GnuCash saves in other folders. I do not recall there being a nice answer for users that wish it was all in one folder.
That information does not change much after the first year or two so eventually a quarterly manual copy to some backup folder suffices for most users. On Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 9:44 PM Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> wrote: > Donna, > I use the same Gnucash, but Windows 11. 1st, let me say that Geoff info > was helpful. There are several folders on my system for gnucash, but all > the data and backups reside in gnucash in my documents folder. There are > other files associated with gnucash that it puts in other places that I > would not put in my main data files location. When you say you have files > in 3 locations, which files are you referring to? > > your questions: > > 1. gnucash saves all data files in one location by default. This > includes your main data file, as ????.gnucash. The log files that Goeff > mentioned ????.gnucash.datetime.log and the lock file he mentioned > ????.gnucash.LCK. > 2. As long as you didn't delete the ????.gnucash or any newer log files > you should have been OK, but you probably deleted your current file and > that is why you lost data. > 3. In the "Edit/Preferences/General", there is an Auto Save time > Interval that you can set for it to create backups and a "Retain > log/backups" for the number of days to save these backups. This way it can > do the deletions for you automatically and you don't have to worry about > what files you are deleting. > 4. As Geoff said it will save the file to the same place it was > retrieved from, unless you use "save as" and specify a different location. > 5. Geoff is also correct here that gnucash saves backup so you don't > lose data, but backuping up to another media is always a good idea. > > Another helpful place to look is in "Help/Tutorial and Concepts Guide". > In the search box type "backing up and recovering data" enter and it will > take you to the page explaining how to restore and helpful information > about how every thing works. > > > Thank You, > > Gyle McCollam > > Gyle McCollam > > gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email > > ________________________________ > From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail....@gnucash.org> on > behalf of gra...@shaw.ca <gra...@shaw.ca> > Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2022 2:37 PM > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Subject: [GNC] new to Gnucash - help with general information > > I am new to Gnucash and have a few questions regarding saving data. I use > Windows 10 and Gnucash Version: 4.11 Build ID: 4.11+(2022-06-25) > > 1. I would like to save everything in one folder named Gnucash. I > think I will use the xml format. Currently it seems there are files in > three different folders. > How do I make sure to save everything to one folder? > > 2. Can I move everything I have (which is in 3 different folders) to a > folder named Gnucash without harm to the data I have entered. (I > previously > had entered data for 2021, then deleted a bunch of files and most of the > data disappeared. The file types were text and gnucash financial data) > > 3. How long do you need to keep the different files? > Are there certain files needed to keep the data in the Gnucash system? I > have looked at the FAQ but still not clear. > > 4. When you click the save button when entering transactions, how do > you know where it is being saved to? I'd like it to be saved in Gnucash > folder, as indicated above. > > 5. Back ups - I have read a lot about the back ups but still unsure > what to do. Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks all > Donna > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > 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 > ----- > 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.