If it were an sqlite file then I don't think the Save button would ever be enabled.
Colin On Tue, 4 Dec 2018 at 16:39, Adrien Monteleone <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you try to open the file with a text editor (I used Atom, because TextEdit > complained about something wrong with UTF-8 in the file) you will see this at > the beginning: > > SQLite format 3 > > If it is an sqlite format. > > If it is the compressed XML, you’ll see gibberish/non-printable character. > > If you uncompress the file, and try to read it with a text editor, you’ll of > course see XML. > > I’m not sure if there is any other way to tell. (short of using a hex editor, > etc.) > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Dec 4, 2018, at 1:55 AM, Maf. King <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Lorrie, > > > > Are you sure you are using an XML file for your GC data? IIRC, using the > > SQLite format stops the creation of the timestamp backup files. > > > > I'm not entirely sure how to check what format the file is in, but if you > > do a > > file-> Save As and look at the options in that dialog box it *may* shed some > > light. Cancel if you don't actually want to rename the file, of course. > > > > 0.02 > > Maf. > > > > > > On Tuesday, 4 December 2018 03:13:38 GMT David Cousens wrote: > >> Lorrie, > >> > >> That looks OK apart from not creating the backup file which should have > >> been > >> created when you opened the file to to make the change , saved it and then > >> closed the file. (I noticed in an earlier post you mentioned adding an .xml > >> file extension. There is no need to do that as the .gnucash is the correct > >> extension.) > >> > >> There should have been a file > >> > >> finances.gnucash.<date-timestamp>.gnucash > >> > >> with the same <date-timestamp> roughly as the log file. It may differ by a > >> few seconds. > >> <date-timestamp> has the format "YYYYMMDDHHMMSS". > >> > >> In most cases the datestamp on the log file and the backup file only differ > >> by 1-2 s on my system with the backup file created first and then the log > >> file. > >> > >> There is a preference in the Edit->Preferences General tab where you can > >> set > >> the file retention period for the backups and log files. I usually leave > >> it at the default of 30 days as I have terrabytes of free space on my > >> system but it is generally a good idea to set this so you have a few backup > >> and logfiles on your system so you can recover maximum data if you ever > >> have a file corruption issue. This is only likely if GnuCash or the OS > >> crashes while writing to the file. > >> > >> David Cousens > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- > >> David Cousens > >> -- > >> Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> 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. > > > > > > -- > > Maf. King > > PGP Key fingerprint = 8D68 A91F 733B 2C1F 43B7 2B7C E591 E8E1 0DE7 C542 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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.
