Back in 2012, I wrote, and it's true today (with additional iterations of the topic in 2016 & 2018):
This comes up with some regularity. There is an enhancement request at: http://gnucash.uservoice.com/forums/101223-feature-request/suggestions/1470507-configuration-option-for-backup-location And, there was a bug filed in 2008 with some discussion of philosophical reasons for the management of logfiles at: https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=537605 There are a couple of other enhancement request bugs at: https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=638858 and https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=619119 David -------- Original Message -------- From: prl <p...@ozemail.com.au> Sent: Sun Feb 28 02:20:06 EST 2021 To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Moving log location On 28/2/21 16:06, David Cousens wrote: > You should be able to create a folder for your GnuCash files and copy the > main file and all of its backup and log files from the desktop into the > folder. When you next run GnuCash it will not be able to find the file in > the desktop location. You should then be able to use the File-.Open dialog > from the menu to locate the folder you have put the files in and open the > main data file ( the one without any date-time stamp before the .gnucash in > the file extension(s)). After that you should be able to operate normally. > I'm not a MAC user so there may be some subtleties I might have missed but > AFAIK its that straightforward. I don't think there are any further subtleties. All the relevant filenames should start with Name_of_Account.gnucash. > The log and backup files are AFAIK created > in the same folder as the parent file. That's correct. > I don't think there is a way to easily > locate them elsewhere. I don't know of an way to do it either. > I have a number of separate GnuCash data files and I > put each in their own folder That would make sense on a Mac, too. There's a lot of clutter of log and backup files and one directory for each set of accounts files would make sense. Peter _______________________________________________ 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.