On Tuesday, 13 February 2018 09:19:36 GMT Adrien Monteleone wrote: > I stand corrected on the lock file, though other apps that I see use them > make them hidden so the user isn’t confused. > > I still don’t see ANY other software dumping backups or log files into my > data directories for any other file type. Gnucash is the only one. > Everything else seems to be happy and quite functional with either > /var/log, /tmp or some variant depending on the OS. I have yet to open a > data directory and see a pile of log or state-backups mixed in along with > my actual data file I’m looking for. Have I just been lucky all these > years? Why are users so confused then if this is ‘standard procedure?’ > (they should be quite used to it after all) > > Regards, > Adrien >
Making the lock hidden makes good sense, but that would break backward compatability for precisely those users that need a lock the most - different machines with probably different GC versions with data on a network share. On the number of backups and strategy in GC, I agree, the number of files that can end up created in the data directory is unlike any other software that I know of. OTOH, financial records are probably more valuable (and also probably a lot more work to recreate) than the average edited jpg or odt "letter to aunt Mabel" file, so a bit of auto-retention isn't a bad thing. Heck, I'm not even sure that there is any point to the log files - the once or twice that I've wanted to reply one has involved business features which at the time didn't (and AFAIK, still don't) get logged. Maybe a debug switch somewhere to enable logging for those that want it? Hence my idea of a parallel-named backups sub-directory. Making the backups hidden would also work. but keep them with (close to) the data file, not in some user-definable random place, IMHO. Maf. -- Maf. King PGP Key fingerprint = 8D68 A91F 733B 2C1F 43B7 2B7C E591 E8E1 0DE7 C542 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
