Re: [GNC] Exiting gnucash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57

2022-01-22 Thread Stu Perlman
however, > >> without co > >> nfirming that GnuCash had actually terminated, and terminated normally. > >> > >> -Original Message- > >> From: gnucash-user [1] >> ieee@gnucash.org> On > >> Behalf Of Peter > >> Sen

Re: [GNC] Exiting gnucash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57

2022-01-21 Thread John Layman
>>> Rather than using xml data files, which have always seemed odd to me <<< There are pros and cons to substituting a RDBMS for XML. Since GnuCash was originally designed for an in-memory data store, the XML is it's native persistence system. Over time, it has been altered to substitute a SQL

Re: [GNC] Exiting gnucash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57

2022-01-21 Thread John Layman
. -Original Message- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 12:22 AM To: john.lay...@laymanandlayman.com; gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Exiting gnucash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57 John, Well yes it did terminate or close. gnucash was closed

Re: [GNC] Exiting Gnucash Lock file

2022-01-21 Thread john
Friday, January 21, 2022 5:03 PM > To: John Ralls > Cc: Kalpesh Patel ; gnucash-user > > Subject: Re: [GNC] Exiting Gnucash Lock file > > John, > > Haha! Yeah, I'm afraid I've voided that warranty a few times, but only to > correct reconciliation issues that took m

Re: [GNC] Exiting Gnucash Lock file

2022-01-21 Thread Kalpesh Patel
jra...@ceridwen.us> >> <mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us <mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us> > > >> >> To: Thomas Forrester mailto:tlforres...@gmail.com> >> <mailto:tlforres...@gmail.com <mailto:tlforres...@gmail.com> > >>> >> >> Cc: P

Re: [GNC] Exiting Gnucash Lock file

2022-01-21 Thread Thomas Forrester
;> storage creates? > >> > >> 3 - How can I roll back transactions (more so related to roll back from > >> import errors)? With XML I can take the previously created file and > make it > >> my current file after renaming it. > >> >

Re: [GNC] Exiting Gnucash Lock file

2022-01-21 Thread John Ralls
Peter mailto:pan...@iinet.net.au> >, gnucash-user > >mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >> , john.lay...@laymanandlayman.com <mailto:john.lay...@laymanandlayman.com> > > Subject: Re: [GNC] Exiting GnuCash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57 > > Message-I

Re: [GNC] Exiting Gnucash Lock file

2022-01-21 Thread John Ralls
renaming it. >> >> >> >> Any other differences to keep in mind other than backup regiment? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Message: 8 >> >> Date:

Re: [GNC] Exiting Gnucash Lock file

2022-01-21 Thread Thomas Forrester
idwen.us> > > > To: Thomas Forrester mailto:tlforres...@gmail.com> > > > > Cc: Peter mailto:pan...@iinet.net.au> >, > gnucash-user > > mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > > >, john.lay...@laymanandlayman.com <mailto:john.lay...@laymanandl

Re: [GNC] Exiting Gnucash Lock file

2022-01-21 Thread Kalpesh Patel
rester mailto:tlforres...@gmail.com> > Cc: Peter mailto:pan...@iinet.net.au> >, gnucash-user mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >, john.lay...@laymanandlayman.com <mailto:john.lay...@laymanandlayman.com> Subject: Re: [GNC] Exiting GnuCash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57 Me

Re: [GNC] Exiting gnucash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57

2022-01-21 Thread Thomas Forrester
Layman wrote: > >> > >> The test cases that appear to have failed aren't conclusive, however, > >> without co > >> nfirming that GnuCash had actually terminated, and terminated normally. > >> > >> -Original Message- > >> From: gnucas

Re: [GNC] Exiting gnucash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57

2022-01-21 Thread john
irming that GnuCash had actually terminated, and terminated normally. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: gnucash-user [1]> ieee@gnucash.org> On >> Behalf Of Peter >> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2022 9:39 AM >> To: [2]gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> Sub

Re: [GNC] Exiting gnucash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57

2022-01-21 Thread Thomas Forrester
gnucash.org> On > Behalf Of Peter > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2022 9:39 AM > To: [2]gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] Exiting gnucash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57 > > Here is the testing methods I used to verify the issue I have noted. > > Selected a known small

Re: [GNC] Exiting gnucash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57

2022-01-21 Thread John Layman
: Re: [GNC] Exiting gnucash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57 Here is the testing methods I used to verify the issue I have noted. Selected a known small good gnucash data file. Storage Location: Local D: c: drive is Samsung SSD and D: is Seagate 2TB GNUCASH Storage type : XML and compressed

Re: [GNC] Exiting gnucash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57

2022-01-20 Thread David Carlson
I am not sure that I am actually replying to the last email in this thread. Gmail seems to shuffle messages and duplicate them until it is impossible to figure out the order unless you go back and look at the timestamps in all the headers, far too much work. I am trying to reply to the messages

Re: [GNC] Exiting gnucash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57

2022-01-20 Thread Peter
normally. -Original Message- From: gnucash-user [1] On Behalf Of Peter Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2022 9:39 AM To: [2]gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Exiting gnucash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57 Here is the testing methods I used to verify the issue I have noted. Selected

Re: [GNC] Exiting gnucash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57

2022-01-20 Thread Peter
Here is the testing methods I used to verify the issue I have noted. Selected a known small good gnucash data file. Storage Location: Local D:  c: drive is Samsung SSD and D: is Seagate 2TB GNUCASH Storage type :  XML and compressed Operating system: Windows 10 GNUCASH version 4.9 The opening

Re: [GNC] Exiting gnucash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57

2022-01-19 Thread Peter
Oh dear, In the excitement of finding out that someone else possibly had the problem I forgot to add. >> Your message has gotten detached from the thread.. NFI >> Do you save your data file on a hard drive? Do you encrypt it? Storage: Local disk separate from the OS

Re: [GNC] Exiting gnucash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57

2022-01-18 Thread David Carlson
Peter, Your message has gotten detached from the thread.. We need more information to hazard a guess whether your issue is the same as that of Gyle or if it is just similar. Do you save your data file on a hard drive? Do you encrypt it? Do you use cloud storage for backup? Do you use Windows

Re: [GNC] Exiting gnucash Lock file Vol 226, Issue 57

2022-01-18 Thread Peter
This is interesting. I have had this problem of gnucash intermittently not removing the LOCK file for some time. My method of closing gnucash is firstly to save the data and the close using the menu. I always follow this process and never use the 'X' method. August 24, 2021 gnucash ver 4.6,

Re: [GNC] Exiting GNUCash

2022-01-18 Thread David Carlson
email > > > From: D. > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 1:46 PM > To: David Carlson > Cc: Gyle McCollam ; D. via gnucash-user < > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Exiting GNUCash _

Re: [GNC] Exiting GNUCash

2022-01-18 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Mobile gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email From: D. Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 1:46 PM To: David Carlson Cc: Gyle McCollam ; D. via gnucash-user Subject: Re: [GNC] Exiting GNUCash David, That'

Re: [GNC] Exiting GNUCash

2022-01-18 Thread Gyle McCollam
Mobile gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email From: D. Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 1:46 PM To: David Carlson Cc: Gyle McCollam ; D. via gnucash-user Subject: Re: [GNC] Exiting GNUCash David, That's off topic. And I don't u

Re: [GNC] Exiting GNUCash

2022-01-18 Thread D. via gnucash-user
David, That's off topic. And I don't use OneDrive. Better to start a different topic. David T. Original Message From: David Carlson Sent: Tue Jan 18 13:42:16 EST 2022 To: "D." Cc: Gyle McCollam , "D. via gnucash-user" Subject: Re: [GNC] Exiting GNUCa

Re: [GNC] Exiting GNUCash

2022-01-18 Thread David Carlson
ports the idea of a crash. > > Gyle: what happens if you click Cancel? > > David T. > -- > *From:* David Carlson > *Sent:* Tue Jan 18 12:01:53 EST 2022 > *To:* Gyle McCollam > *Cc:* "gnucash-user@gnucash.org" > *Subject:* Re:

Re: [GNC] Exiting GNUCash

2022-01-18 Thread D. via gnucash-user
the lock file still exists supports the idea of a crash. Gyle: what happens if you click Cancel? David T. Original Message From: David Carlson Sent: Tue Jan 18 12:01:53 EST 2022 To: Gyle McCollam Cc: "gnucash-user@gnucash.org" Subject: Re: [GNC] Exi

Re: [GNC] Exiting GNUCash

2022-01-17 Thread David Carlson
It is not clear what you think happened. It seems that more than one thing did not transpire as you expected, since abandoning an edit, the presumed cause of the shutdown without saving warning, and the attempt to open a file already in use are different events. Then how did you ascertain that,

[GNC] Exiting GNUCash

2022-01-17 Thread Gyle McCollam
I usually don't forget to save first so I don't know how long this has been happening. Today I didn't save, so when the dialogue box came up, I selected "cancel". GNUCash shutdown without saving and when I tried to open it thought there was another instance running, but I said open anyway. I