On 6/28/2017 9:40 AM, m...@considine.net wrote:
Hi,
I think this is the right venue to ask this question. If not, I can
hopefully get a pointer to where else to turn.
I need to figure out what - if any - file signatures could be used to
identify gnucash data files. The need arises from a harddisk crash
and recovery effort,
Horses and barn doors. And I am sure you will be better prepared next
time. But others on the list should take note. And proper backup
procedures are not just for gnucash:
a) Do not keep backups on the same device. Some day a disk may crash.
b) Ideally do not keep backups (not all of them) in the same location.
You might make two copies, one to keep handy (for a data restore of a
messed up file) and one stored off site for a more serious disaster. I
learned THAT lesson in 2006 when a house fire (just one room actually
burned) destroyed most of the backups kept in another room nearby (heat,
smoke, and water)
What I personally do is have a couple of large external drives. These
days a terabyte drive is only about $100. Sure slow going copying all
the user data but you don't have to sit there while the computer chugs
away making a copy of the data directory << you only need to do
"systems" when you install software --- if instead of immediately
updating every time you are notified of a new version but instead wait
till you have several and do them at one time as a "build" you can space
out THOSE backups >>
Michael D Novack
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