True. I forgot about that one. I use sqlite and indeed it is always inactive.
Regards, Adrien > On Dec 4, 2018, at 11:38 AM, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If it were an sqlite file then I don't think the Save button would > ever be enabled. > > Colin > On Tue, 4 Dec 2018 at 16:39, Adrien Monteleone > <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: >> >> If you try to open the file with a text editor (I used Atom, because >> TextEdit complained about something wrong with UTF-8 in the file) you will >> see this at the beginning: >> >> SQLite format 3 >> >> If it is an sqlite format. >> >> If it is the compressed XML, you’ll see gibberish/non-printable character. >> >> If you uncompress the file, and try to read it with a text editor, you’ll of >> course see XML. >> >> I’m not sure if there is any other way to tell. (short of using a hex >> editor, etc.) >> >> Regards, >> Adrien >> >>> On Dec 4, 2018, at 1:55 AM, Maf. King <m...@chilwell.net> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Lorrie, >>> >>> Are you sure you are using an XML file for your GC data? IIRC, using the >>> SQLite format stops the creation of the timestamp backup files. >>> >>> I'm not entirely sure how to check what format the file is in, but if you >>> do a >>> file-> Save As and look at the options in that dialog box it *may* shed some >>> light. Cancel if you don't actually want to rename the file, of course. >>> >>> 0.02 >>> Maf. >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, 4 December 2018 03:13:38 GMT David Cousens wrote: >>>> Lorrie, >>>> >>>> That looks OK apart from not creating the backup file which should have >>>> been >>>> created when you opened the file to to make the change , saved it and then >>>> closed the file. (I noticed in an earlier post you mentioned adding an .xml >>>> file extension. There is no need to do that as the .gnucash is the correct >>>> extension.) >>>> >>>> There should have been a file >>>> >>>> finances.gnucash.<date-timestamp>.gnucash >>>> >>>> with the same <date-timestamp> roughly as the log file. It may differ by a >>>> few seconds. >>>> <date-timestamp> has the format "YYYYMMDDHHMMSS". >>>> >>>> In most cases the datestamp on the log file and the backup file only differ >>>> by 1-2 s on my system with the backup file created first and then the log >>>> file. >>>> >>>> There is a preference in the Edit->Preferences General tab where you can >>>> set >>>> the file retention period for the backups and log files. I usually leave >>>> it at the default of 30 days as I have terrabytes of free space on my >>>> system but it is generally a good idea to set this so you have a few backup >>>> and logfiles on your system so you can recover maximum data if you ever >>>> have a file corruption issue. This is only likely if GnuCash or the OS >>>> crashes while writing to the file. >>>> >>>> David Cousens >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- >>>> David Cousens >>>> -- >>>> Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Maf. King >>> PGP Key fingerprint = 8D68 A91F 733B 2C1F 43B7 2B7C E591 E8E1 0DE7 C542 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.