Gareth, If you chose XML format to save your data, all the data files are actually text files. The main data file and its backups files are formatted internally with XML tags. The log files have their own syntax for each transaction record. You can open any of them with any text editor.
Linux reports the files ending in ".gnucash" as spreadsheet files and the ".log" files as Text files but that is because of the mapping of file extensions onto file types used. https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.html also https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup David Cousens On Mon, 2018-12-03 at 19:37 +0000, Gareth Davies via gnucash-user wrote: > Thanks for the reply D, but under the file type is says Text Document which > can be opened in Notepad. > > > > I might be missing it but I can’t find that reference in the link you sent > > > > From: D [mailto:sunfis...@yahoo.com] > Sent: 03 December 2018 17:48 > To: Gareth Davies <gareth.davie...@ntlworld.com>; Gnucash Users > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Text Files > > > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_What_are_all_these_.gnucash_and_.log_files_filling_up_my_directory.3F > > > > On December 3, 2018, at 11:15 PM, Gareth Davies via gnucash-user > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto: > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me why there are a load of text files in the folder I save > Gnucash to, and can they be safely deleted. > > Thanks Gareth > > Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986 > <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986%3e> >; > for Windows 10 > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto: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. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
