Been done.
https://gnucash.uservoice.com/forums/101223-feature-request/suggestions/1470507-configuration-option-for-backup-location
On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 23:18, Stephen M. Butler<kg...@arrl.net> wrote: On
12/31/18 9:29 AM, Stan Brown wrote:
> Under "Uddating advice", I believe Finbar Mahon wrote:
>
>> On reading it I see that what is missing is how to find where the
>> gnucash file is saved. The problem is that where it is was specified
>> by yourself when you first saved your accounts file. Just as it is if
>> you save a word processor document for example, so the wiki assumes
>> you remember where that is.
> True enough, and a couple of people have suggested how to find a file.
>
> But word processors typically DON'T put dozens of log files in the same
> directory or folder as the actual document. Because Gnucash does, when
> someone naively saves a Gnucash data file to her desktop, it's almost
> immediately cluttered with log files. The same was true when I naively saved
> my first GnuCash file to the same folder as my financial spreadsheets --
> relatively quickly they were buried under a blizzard of log files. (Granted,
> I'm exaggerating a bit, for effect.)
>
> I understand the usefulness of the log files, but why aren't they written to
> the temp folder? Or better yet, why aren't they written to a user-specified
> location, with the temp folder as default?
>
This sounds like an idea that needs to be filed as an enhancement
request. I'd suggest an alternative might be to create two sub-folders
in the folder where the data file is stored:
1. ./GnuCash-Backups
2. ./GnuCash-Logs
That would keep them from cluttering up the main folder but be readily
at hand and easily identifiable. Of course, I've used *Nix style paths
but the idea should port to Windows (I don't know Mac).
--Steve
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