Re: [GNC] Not getting any emails
Since we're talking about backup strategies... I do an hourly backup to a local disk ((Time Machine) A backup to the cloud every 15 minutes (CrashPlan) And a clone to one of pair local disks every few days, alternating between them (SuperDuper) A few years ago, I had a failure of my working hard disk, followed within a week or so with a failure of the local backup and at the same time, I realized the cloud backup had not been functioning for some time. I lost no data but it confirmed my belief that you need a comprehensive backup strategy. Will On 23 Jun 2023, at 11:57, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: On 6/23/2023 12:30 PM, William Prescott wrote: > Are you asking about backing up the Gnucash application or the Gnucash data > file. You definitely should back up the data file. The application is less > critical because you can always reinstall it. However, I just backup > everything. It is simpler and safer than picking and choosing what to backup. I do data backups on a regular schedule. It is easier to back up ALL user data rather than the data of each application separately. I do system backups prior to each "build" << installation of new programs or versions of programs >> There is no need in a case like mine to do backups of software that has not changed (since last system backup). HOWEVER if you allow automatic or frequent "upgrades" of software (as opposed to infrequent scheduled "builds") you'd probably be better off doing a system backup by some regular schedule since for you unpredictable when software has changed. Michael D Novack ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Capital gains
> On Jun 23, 2023, at 11:44, Fred Tydeman wrote: > > If I sell a stock for a profit, I can think of two ways to record the > transaction. > > 1) Record the sale with the sell price. This results in less shares in > the stock > account, and more cash somewhere else; and two trending transactions. > This shows up as four splits. > But, then, how do I find out the profit in a GnuCash report? > > 2) Record the sale with the buy price along with a transfer to an explicit > capital gains income account (and the above four splits). > > Does it matter? Which is better? You must do both, see Chapter 11 of the Tutorial and Concepts Guide (https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/chapter_capgain.html). And BTW that applies to every disposal of any commodity that isn't your home currency, even when you have a foreign bank account and use it to defray an expense, and it's easier in the long run if you do so when doing an asset transfer like buying stock in a foreign currency. Fail and you'll never get a balanced Trial Balance report. Regards, John Ralls ___ 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.
[GNC] Capital gains
If I sell a stock for a profit, I can think of two ways to record the transaction. 1) Record the sale with the sell price. This results in less shares in the stock account, and more cash somewhere else; and two trending transactions. This shows up as four splits. But, then, how do I find out the profit in a GnuCash report? 2) Record the sale with the buy price along with a transfer to an explicit capital gains income account (and the above four splits). Does it matter? Which is better? ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Not getting any emails
On 6/23/2023 12:30 PM, William Prescott wrote: Are you asking about backing up the Gnucash application or the Gnucash data file. You definitely should back up the data file. The application is less critical because you can always reinstall it. However, I just backup everything. It is simpler and safer than picking and choosing what to backup. I do data backups on a regular schedule. It is easier to back up ALL user data rather than the data of each application separately. I do system backups prior to each "build" << installation of new programs or versions of programs >> There is no need in a case like mine to do backups of software that has not changed (since last system backup). HOWEVER if you allow automatic or frequent "upgrades" of software (as opposed to infrequent scheduled "builds") you'd probably be better off doing a system backup by some regular schedule since for you unpredictable when software has changed. Michael D Novack ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote 1.56_02 Available for Evaluation
I'll give it a shot later today. I have not intentionally removed/deleted anything thus far so the source build should still be sitting in the directory. -Original Message- From: Bruce Schuck Sent: Friday, June 23, 2023 12:35 PM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Cc: Kalpesh Patel Subject: Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote 1.56_02 Available for Evaluation On 6/22/23 18:47 -0700, Bruce Schuck wrote: > Assuming the F::Q 1.56_02 build files still exist in your > C:\Strawberry\cpan\build directory, trying the stockdump.pl example > script as I did would help. If there is no Finance-Quote-1.56_02-? directory in C:\Strawberry\cpan\build (-? could be -0, -1, -2, ... ) then download the package from CPAN first. C:> perl -MCPAN -e shell cpan> get BPSCHUCK/Finance-Quote-1.56_02.tar.gz Database was generated on Thu, 22 Jun 2023 17:25:12 GMT Checksum for C:\STRAWB~1\cpan\sources\authors\id\B\BP\BPSCHUCK\Finance-Quote-1.56_02.tar.gz ok Scanning cache C:\STRAWB~1\cpan\build for sizes DONE cpan> quit Once downloaded, there should be both C:\Strawberry\cpan\build\Finance-Quote-1.56_02.tar.gz and C:\Strawberry\cpan\build\Finance-Quote-1.56_02-0 Once you test using the the stockdump.pl example script, one can differentiate between an F::Q or Perl issue or a GnuCash issue. Bruce S. ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Not getting any emails
James, only you can determine what is important enough to warrant a backup. However, my philosophy is that everything I put on my computer, no matter how trivial, needs to be on a backup of some kind. So I look for backup strategies that get everything. That way I don't have to worry about individual applications (OpenOffice, GnuCash, Word, Excel, etc.). For Ubuntu (Unix/Linux), I use the included Backup facility and grab the entire home folder nightly Plus I list out all the installed packages in case I need to rebuild from a new O/S. For Windows I use their supplied backup facility to grab all user data plus any additional storage areas (but not the backup NAS) nightly. Everything, including phones, tablets, laptops, is backed up to that NAS on a nightly basis. The NAS is copied to a large external drive on a regular basis for off site stoage. None of this is specific for GnuCash. But GnuCash is included due to the inclusive nature of my backup strategy. I hope this is helpful to you. On Fri, Jun 23, 2023, 09:02 James Baxter via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > This is James Baxter and I am not getting an updates. One thing I am > looking at is. I was doing a backup every time I do something on my laptop. > I need to know. Do I need to backup gnucash. > ThanksJames Baxter > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > ___ > 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.
Re: [GNC] Not getting any emails
Are you asking about backing up the Gnucash application or the Gnucash data file. You definitely should back up the data file. The application is less critical because you can always reinstall it. However, I just backup everything. It is simpler and safer than picking and choosing what to backup. Will On 23 Jun 2023, at 10:00, James Baxter via gnucash-user wrote: This is James Baxter and I am not getting an updates. One thing I am looking at is. I was doing a backup every time I do something on my laptop. I need to know. Do I need to backup gnucash. ThanksJames Baxter Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ 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.
Re: [GNC] Finance::Quote 1.56_02 Available for Evaluation
On 6/22/23 18:47 -0700, Bruce Schuck wrote: Assuming the F::Q 1.56_02 build files still exist in your C:\Strawberry\cpan\build directory, trying the stockdump.pl example script as I did would help. If there is no Finance-Quote-1.56_02-? directory in C:\Strawberry\cpan\build (-? could be -0, -1, -2, ... ) then download the package from CPAN first. C:> perl -MCPAN -e shell cpan> get BPSCHUCK/Finance-Quote-1.56_02.tar.gz Database was generated on Thu, 22 Jun 2023 17:25:12 GMT Checksum for C:\STRAWB~1\cpan\sources\authors\id\B\BP\BPSCHUCK\Finance-Quote-1.56_02.tar.gz ok Scanning cache C:\STRAWB~1\cpan\build for sizes DONE cpan> quit Once downloaded, there should be both C:\Strawberry\cpan\build\Finance-Quote-1.56_02.tar.gz and C:\Strawberry\cpan\build\Finance-Quote-1.56_02-0 Once you test using the the stockdump.pl example script, one can differentiate between an F::Q or Perl issue or a GnuCash issue. Bruce S. ___ 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.
[GNC] Not getting any emails
This is James Baxter and I am not getting an updates. One thing I am looking at is. I was doing a backup every time I do something on my laptop. I need to know. Do I need to backup gnucash. ThanksJames Baxter Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ 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.
