GNUCash does backups by default if you use XML. Every time you save there is a backup made. It sits in the same directory as your main data file (I wish you could specify a specific folder.)
However, what the folks on this chain are talking about is a backup of those files in case the hard drive fails or gets corrupted. So, yes the program creates backups, but you really need more than that. Michael On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 9:14 AM Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 6/28/2023 7:18 AM, Maf. King wrote: > > Hi James, > > > > I'm Maf, not David, and I can't tell you that from here. > > > > I would suggest that on a philosophical level, if you don't *know* that > your > > back-up strategy is working (and you can recover files from it at will), > then > > it might be time to rethink your strategy. > > > > good luck, > > Maf. > > > And I strongly suggest that your backup strategy simply back up all your > user data (and individually). In other words, back up the entire > directory or directories (if not simply doing your user directory). Why? > > a) It is less work to set up. Might take a bit more space, but these > days space is CHEAP. > > b) There will be no question whether some bit of data has been backed > up. That's the risk when specifying file by file (or subdirectory by > subdirectory). You might forget to add a new one. > > c) The structure will be the same in the backup as on the computer. > Makes it easy to find if doing a restore of just one file, etc. > > d) Relatively quick to make a second copy (of the first backup) to be > stored safely elsewhere. For example, you might be making daily/weekly > backups keeping the last N of them but make a second copy of the last > each month and keep that "off site". > > e) I strongly suggest you include in the name of each backup directory > the Julian date << from a person who in my working days experienced the > hell week when a file was restored from the wrong backup at one of the > world's larger "financials". And what got me my second big > bonus/recognition and being made "honorary systems support" in the > aftermath for devising a system to prevent that from ever happening again. > > Michael D Novack --- who had a house fire in 2006 that burned just the > room computers were in but smoke/water damage affected backups kept > elsewhere in the house. These now "live" in a fire box inside a dead > fridge out in the barn/garage. > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: 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.
