Hi David, I think I found it. The autosave time interval is set to 5 mins.
I tested it. I made a change. Wait 5 mins and it mostly works. A log file was created at 5 mins and the finance.gnucash file was updated at 5 mins. However, the finance.gnucash file did not append the date,time,min and sec to the file name. Does this mean that something is wrong? On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 8:19 PM David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > Lorrie, > > I am away from my computer right now so I cannot confirm the exact > wording, but it s something like how often to make backups. I dont > remember the default. It may be only 5 minutes, I have it set to 30 minutes > but I religiously do manual saves before certain activities such as imports. > > My tablet is messing with me, excuse the sloppy writing. > > David C > > On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 9:34 PM Lorrie Laskey <lrlas...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Hi David, >> >> Here are my responses. >> >> 1. Retain log file set to 15 days. >> 2. No * before the filename in the title bar. >> >> What is this "the amount of time set in that preference section has >> passed." that you are referring to? I am not finding this in the >> preferences section. >> >> >> >> David C >> >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 8:17 PM Lorrie Laskey <lrlas...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi David, >>>> >>>> Here's what I did. >>>> >>>> - I did a "save as" and renamed the file to "finances.gnucash" then >>>> closed the file. >>>> - Reopened Gnucash which opened the very same file. >>>> - Made a change and saved it which created a log file. >>>> - Closed the same file and repeated these steps. >>>> - No backup file was created . Only the original "finances.gnucash" >>>> file >>>> remained. >>>> >>>> Is something wrong? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 6:32 PM David Cousens <davidcous...@bigpond.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> > Lorrie, >>>> > >>>> > At some point instead of opening the main file "finances.gnucash" it >>>> would >>>> > appear you have opened a backup copy of the >>>> > file, which is why it has the form >>>> "finances.gnucash.20181202.gnucash". >>>> > >>>> > Each time Gnucash is opened, it copies the file "<filename>.gnucash >>>> it" >>>> > has just opened and renames it >>>> > "<filename>.gnucash.<date-time stamp>.gnucash" . It also creates a >>>> logfile >>>> > "<filename>.gnucash.<date-time stamp>.log" >>>> > which records the changes to the file which occur during the current >>>> > session. >>>> > >>>> > When you exit or when you make changes or use the Save button in >>>> GnuCash >>>> > any changes are saved to "<filename>.gnucash" >>>> > In your case <filename>="finances.gnucash.20181202" instead of >>>> > "finances.gnucash". >>>> > >>>> > You can restore this to the normal situation simply by renaming the >>>> file >>>> > you are currently using as the main >>>> > file, "finances.gnucash.20181202.gnucash", as "finances.gnucash". >>>> > >>>> > See >>>> https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.html >>>> > for a detailed explanation of this. >>>> > >>>> > David Cousens >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Sun, 2018-12-02 at 10:14 -0800, Lorrie Laskey wrote: >>>> > > Hi Colin, >>>> > > >>>> > > I understand. Since I don't really need to know the minute and >>>> seconds >>>> > when >>>> > > a file is saved at this time, I will leave the file name as it is. >>>> > > >>>> > > My next topic, for another email, is how to set up a budget. I have >>>> tried >>>> > > and watched videos and read documentation but never quite get it to >>>> work >>>> > or >>>> > > understand what it is doing. >>>> > > >>>> > > Thanks for your help this morning. >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 10:10 AM Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > > >>>> > > > On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 at 18:01, Lorrie Laskey <lrlas...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > Hi Colin, >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > The "save" option did get focus once I made a change and saved >>>> the >>>> > file. >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > However, the file name doesn't look right. See below. It is >>>> using the >>>> > > > >>>> > > > name that I created when I used "save as" though I used "save" >>>> but the >>>> > log >>>> > > > file name looks right. What is happening? Is this a problem? >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > finances.gnucash.20181202.gnucash >>>> > > > > finances.gnucash.20181202.gnucash.20181202095503 >>>> > > > >>>> > > > If you used Save As to save to that file, then that file becomes >>>> the >>>> > > > current file in use so when you later use Save it will save back >>>> to >>>> > > > that file again (and that is the file that will be re-opened >>>> > > > automatically when you open Gnucash). Again this is exactly the >>>> same >>>> > > > as will happen with MS Word for example. Save As means "save the >>>> file >>>> > > > with this new name and then keep using the new name". If you >>>> want to >>>> > > > give it a different name then use Save As just once to save it >>>> with >>>> > > > the name you want and thereafter Save will save back to that file. >>>> > > > >>>> > > > Colin >>>> > > > >>>> > > >>>> > > _______________________________________________ >>>> > > 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. >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ 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. 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