On Monday, 11 February 2019 10:35:30 GMT you wrote: > OK, thanks. So, it is 'normal' to be using it? >
No, you risk data loss at the point of opening the backup. let me clarify. Your data file is called (for example) "mybooks.gnucash" All timestamps are made up (but plausible) you enter a transaction and save and quit. GC renames the old "mybooks.gnucash" to "mybooks.gnucsh.201901022345.gnucash" and saves the changes into a new file on disk called "mybooks.gnucash" you later open the backup (by mistake) and enter another transaction, save and quit again. GC creates the backup mybooks.gnucash.201901022345.gnucash. 201901081256.gnucash GC now has 3 files in the folder: mybooks.gnucash <-- has the 1st edit in it mybooks.gnucash.201901022345.gnucash <-- has the 2nd edit in it mybooks.gnucash.201901022345.gnucash.201901081256.gnucash <--no edits in it as you can see, by using a backup, you loose the previous edit session - go a few edits down the road and you can be in proper mess with transactions seeming to go missing from months ago! When Gnucash starts, it *normally* opens the file that was open when you shut down last time around, so it is fairly easy to get the wrong one by mistake if you've been digging in the folder. On Windows & Linux, you can make GC open with a different file by clicking... but not so on mac. No matter what file you try to open GC with, it WILL use the previous one. So if you've been looking at backups, on a Mac you NEED to File->Open once GC is running. HTH, Maf, _______________________________________________ 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.
