Glen Ditchfield writes:
> > + GnuCash should maintain log histories, rather than save histories, to
> > handle failure #3.
> >
> > After saving, the current log file should be renamed to be the first
> > log history file, and a new log file should be started.
>
> Wouldn't it be simpler to have just one log file, and keep appending to it?
> Fewer file operations means fewer opportunities for disaster. Logging, log
> loading, undo, and miscellaneous scheme utilities would be less complicated
> because they won't have to handle multiple log files, some of which could be
> missing. (But you would need to give users a way to chop the front off of the
> log when they want their disk space back.)
But what if some catastrophic event happens while the modified log
file is written to disk? Couldn't you possibly lose the entire log?
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