That’s an easy go-to method for nearly any application. I teach it to my family regularly. It is very useful when they aren’t paying attention to where they just saved something moments ago as most apps default to a standard preference location (like Downloads or Documents) or the last-used location.
Regards, Adrien > On Dec 31, 2018, at 2:20 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > The thread GNCupdating advice seems to have answers that could apply to this > thread. > > Adding to both: In the release 2.6.xx family, a simple method to find the > last used data file is to start the File > Save as process and see where > GnuCash wants to put the new file. Then cancel before actually saving. > > David C > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 1:42 PM Adrien Monteleone > <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > It should probably be filed in Bugzilla, but I think it might already be > there. > > I seem to recall asking this question myself some months ago after a thread > about user confusion over these files. I unfortunately can’t find the thread > and don’t remember the exact final point, but I do remember one of the devs > stated a good reason for why the present situation is what it is, darned if I > can remember it though. Maybe one of them will chime in. > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Dec 31, 2018, at 12:09 PM, David T. via gnucash-user > > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > -- > > Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM > > stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com > > kg...@arrl.net > > 253-350-0166 > > ------------------------------------------- > > GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 > > > > <Untitled.txt>_______________________________________________ > > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
