Yes, yes, and yes. It was, is the only file....when it crashed it went away....I saved it after importing, and looked at it with file browser....it was there....then I went back, run GC and started editing......when GC crashed, the file went to lala land. Only the log file was left.....
On Oct 9, 2017 8:26 AM, "Colin Law" <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 9 October 2017 at 16:13, frank raney <frankraney...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I thought it did something like that..I usually do save periodically > when working for long periods, But I got so involved, I forgot.....How do > I get/install an sql backend. > > I thought the default was to auto-save every 5 minutes or something. > Are you absolutely certain that you have lost everything? Are you sure > you are looking at the correct file? > > Colin > > > > > > > Frankie Raney > > 12454 Auberry Rd. > > Clovis, Ca. > > 559.297.8577 H > > 559.304.1751 C > > On 10/9/2017 6:43:14 AM, Aaron Laws <dartm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 9:27 PM, frank raney <frankraney...@gmail.com > [mailto:frankraney...@gmail.com]> wrote: > > > > Just finished 6 hours correcting all the data i imported and before I > could save it, the program crashed. All I have is the unchanged imported > data file........When it crashed, the file was lost but there is a log > file......what it is I don't know..... Guess I have to start all over? > > > > > > Frankie Raney > > 12454 Auberry Rd. > > Clovis, Ca. > > 559.297.8577 [tel:559.297.8577] H > > 559.304.1751 [tel:559.304.1751] C > > > > > > Oh, that's so painful; know that we feel your pain! > > > > If you use a sql backend (sqlite is certainly the easiest to set up), it > saves everything you do as you do it. This means two things: you won't have > the catastrophe that you described, and you can't back out of changes by > closing without saving. Either way, you'll want to take periodic backup > "snapshots" of your books. > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > 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 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.