FWIW - for Windows systems there is light weight, free, fast file and
folder locator called 'Everything'; available at void tools.com. (Quite
impressive with respect to windows search.)
nvsoar
On 12/31/18 13:26, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
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
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