Re: [GNC] File Locations

2022-02-03 Thread Jan Herdsman 
Thanky, That was helpful.


On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 4:27 AM Tommy Trussell 
wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 5:09 AM Jan Herdsman  wrote:
>
>> I am using an iMac, I would like to be able to save my GNU file in a cloud
>> or other location than my hard drive, Also don't know where the location
>> or
>> name of any backup files are,
>> All I can see is log files and one LCK file and the gnucash file, all in
>> My
>> Documents.
>> If possible I would also like to be able to open the main file on a
>> windows
>> computer sometimes.
>>
>
> If you have your data stored as SQL (instead of the default XML file
> format) you won't have any backup files, just the log files. The log files,
> and backup files, if any can automatically be deleted after a certain time
> according to the preferences in GnuCash.
>
> HOWEVER since you aren't certain where all your files are and want to move
> and/or sync them, I checked the FAQ:
>
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ
>
> which links to the Backup entry:
>
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup
>
> Have a look at the Backup information and see if that helps you A) make a
> backup of your valuable data NOW before something goes wrong and B) know
> what files you might want to move or mark to sync with your iCloud (or
> DropBox, Google Drive, etc.).
>
> (Generally it's a lot easier to keep each data file in its own directory
> because of the log files and backup files that clutter it, so a separate
> directory is recommended. When you move the GnuCash files to a new
> location, unfortunately the Mac version keeps looking for the data file in
> the old location UNTIL you explicitly Open the newly positioned data file
> from within the application.)
>
> Once your data file has been located where another computer syncs with it,
> you can open the file from that computer, too. Just be sure to use the same
> version number GnuCash on that computer, and don't expect to be able to
> open the data from more than one computer at the same time.
>
>
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Re: [GNC] File Locations

2022-02-02 Thread Tommy Trussell 
On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 5:09 AM Jan Herdsman  wrote:

> I am using an iMac, I would like to be able to save my GNU file in a cloud
> or other location than my hard drive, Also don't know where the location or
> name of any backup files are,
> All I can see is log files and one LCK file and the gnucash file, all in My
> Documents.
> If possible I would also like to be able to open the main file on a windows
> computer sometimes.
>

If you have your data stored as SQL (instead of the default XML file
format) you won't have any backup files, just the log files. The log files,
and backup files, if any can automatically be deleted after a certain time
according to the preferences in GnuCash.

HOWEVER since you aren't certain where all your files are and want to move
and/or sync them, I checked the FAQ:

https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ

which links to the Backup entry:

https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup

Have a look at the Backup information and see if that helps you A) make a
backup of your valuable data NOW before something goes wrong and B) know
what files you might want to move or mark to sync with your iCloud (or
DropBox, Google Drive, etc.).

(Generally it's a lot easier to keep each data file in its own directory
because of the log files and backup files that clutter it, so a separate
directory is recommended. When you move the GnuCash files to a new
location, unfortunately the Mac version keeps looking for the data file in
the old location UNTIL you explicitly Open the newly positioned data file
from within the application.)

Once your data file has been located where another computer syncs with it,
you can open the file from that computer, too. Just be sure to use the same
version number GnuCash on that computer, and don't expect to be able to
open the data from more than one computer at the same time.


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[GNC] File Locations

2022-01-31 Thread Jan Herdsman 
I am using an iMac, I would like to be able to save my GNU file in a cloud
or other location than my hard drive, Also don't know where the location or
name of any backup files are,
All I can see is log files and one LCK file and the gnucash file, all in My
Documents.
If possible I would also like to be able to open the main file on a windows
computer sometimes.
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Re: [GNC] File locations to restore when migrating Linux computers?

2021-03-03 Thread Adam Funk 
On 2021-03-01, Jim DeLaHunt wrote:

> On 2021-03-01 07:46, Adam Funk wrote:
>
>> My laptop died recently but I managed to recover all of the home
>> directory and I'm setting up another one.  Looking through the copy of
>> $HOME from the old one, I find gnucash-related files in the following
>> locations:
>
> …[omitted for brevity]…
>
>> Any advice or suggestions?  (I'm using Ubuntu-MATE.)
>
> The GnuCash wiki page 
>> has a helpful 
> list of locations to check. It has sections for each OS.

That's one of the sources I checked, but it doesn't hurt to mention
it.  I was just hoping for a sanity check before I plow ahead. ;-)


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Re: [GNC] File locations to restore when migrating Linux computers?

2021-03-03 Thread Adam Funk 
On 2021-03-02, David Cousens wrote:

> My Linux Mint 20.3 system  with GC 4.4 has user files  in /home/ as
> follows 
>
> .config/gnucash   gtk css configuration and dconf debug log
> .local/share/gnucash   current gnucash user data
>
> .guncash  this is an older version of the user
> data from previous GnuCash versions which has not been deleted but I think
> can be.

Thanks.  The thing I find strange is that my ~/.config/gnucash
directory is empty.

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Re: [GNC] File locations to restore when migrating Linux computers?

2021-03-01 Thread David Cousens 
My Linux Mint 20.3 system  with GC 4.4 has user files  in /home/ as
follows 

.config/gnucash   gtk css configuration and dconf debug log
.local/share/gnucash   current gnucash user data

.guncash  this is an older version of the user
data from previous GnuCash versions which has not been deleted but I think
can be.

David Cousens



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Re: [GNC] File locations to restore when migrating Linux computers?

2021-03-01 Thread Jim DeLaHunt 

On 2021-03-01 07:46, Adam Funk wrote:


My laptop died recently but I managed to recover all of the home
directory and I'm setting up another one.  Looking through the copy of
$HOME from the old one, I find gnucash-related files in the following
locations:


…[omitted for brevity]…


Any advice or suggestions?  (I'm using Ubuntu-MATE.)


The GnuCash wiki page 
> has a helpful 
list of locations to check. It has sections for each OS.


Best regards,
 —Jim DeLaHunt


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[GNC] File locations to restore when migrating Linux computers?

2021-03-01 Thread Adam Funk 
My laptop died recently but I managed to recover all of the home
directory and I'm setting up another one.  Looking through the copy of
$HOME from the old one, I find gnucash-related files in the following
locations:

~/.gnucash   (no files changed since 01/2019)
~/.cache/gnucash (... 05/2020)
~/.config/gnucash(empty, changed 05/2020)
~/.local/share/gnucash   (has timestamps from the day I last
  ran gnucash)

as well as the directory where I save the main file.

>From looking at the contents and the GnuCash wiki, I think that I can
discard ~/.gnucash because ~/.local/share/gnucash has completely
superseded it, but I'm surprised that ~/.config/gnucash is empty.  And
I think the .cache stuff is supposed to be discardable.

Any advice or suggestions?  (I'm using Ubuntu-MATE.)

Thanks,
Adam

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