Perhaps David, but I got some good advice. Hopefully a programmer will see it and respond but I'm just a user.
On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 1:46 PM David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It's too bad that the responses to "Gnucash has crashed and I lost X hours > of work" are: > > 1. Save more often. > 2. Don't use a cloud service except as an offline backup. > 3. Use the db backend (which is basically a technological alternative to > #1). > > > > > On July 22, 2022 8:51:01 PM GMT+03:00, Phyllis Bruce <pobruc...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Thank you Adrien, and Glenn >> >> I'd much prefer to keep the file local. I just discovered I can choose to >> NOT sync a folder to dropbox so I carefully navigated to the GnuCash folder >> on my PC and made that change. I will re-import by month henceforth. I've >> already done the hard work of figuring where stuff goes so it should be >> easier this time. I'll also decrease the autosave interval. >> >> Once I have a good file, do I need to keep the log files? They pile up in >> a double quick hurry. >> >> On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 12:16 PM Adrien Monteleone < >> adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: >> >> Someone else can help with the logfile, and it *should* replay your >>> steps, but I'd offer two suggestions for a different workflow: >>> >>> 1. copy the file locally first, then open it. (other users of DropBox >>> may have additional/alternative practices to help with sync issues) >>> >>> 2. Import, match & reconcile one month at a time then save. Doing this >>> in smaller batches has two advantages: the matcher is trained as you go, >>> this means less editing work on your part, and more accurate match >>> guesses on GnuCash's part; the incremental saves mean should a crash >>> happen, you lose less work. >>> >>> Another option is to switch to the SQLite backend rather than the >>> default XML. Of course, XML should work, but SQLite does instant saves, >>> so if there is a crash, your at most likely to lose the last >>> edit/import, etc. (and so doing things in smaller batches also means >>> less lost work, without even having to remember to save.) >>> >>> Regards, >>> Adrien >>> >>> On 7/22/22 11:29 AM, Phyllis Bruce wrote: >>> >>>> Imported and matched all the years transactions for a credit card. Then >>>> hit the reconcile button. Crash! >>>> On trying to get back in I received a message that talked about >>>> bounceback? I'm sorry, I didn't write it down, but when I tried to >>>> >>> reopen >>> >>>> it said that someone else might be using the file and the path to DROPBOX >>>> was shown. I possibly made a mistake in choosing to open anyway - >>>> >>> because >>> >>>> 4 hours of work have apparently disappeared. >>>> >>>> Dropbox has a log file timestamp is 10:51 (the log also exists on my >>>> >>> local >>> >>>> drive). That is about the time of the crash. Could it possibly be of >>>> >>> help >>> >>>> in restoring all my work or do I need to do it over again? >>>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> 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.