Nic The .gnucash directory only contains user meta data about your preferences in using GnuCash and any stored reports etc. The section in the Books subdirectory is again only meta data and not the actual data file. The actual data file will be somewhere else in your home directory where you saved it when you first opend GnuCash on the first computer. If you created a subdirectory for your gnucash datafile (recommended practice) that subdirectory can have any name you give it but it will contain files of the following formats: <filename>.gnucash; <filename.gnucash.<timestamp>.log; <filename.gnucash.<timestamp>.gnucash;
There should be only one <filename>.gnucash file but there may be several of the <filename.gnucash.<timestamp>.log; <filename.gnucash.<timestamp>.gnucash; files with different values of the timestamp. These are log files and backup files respectively created each time the program is opened. The timestamps have a "yyyymmddhhmmss" format. You may also see files with a .LNK and .LCK extension which are used to prevent the file being opened by more than one user or more than one instance of the program accidentally. If you can open the data file in GnuCash the <filename>.gnucash should be displayed in the title bar. You can then search your home directory for <filename>.gnucash to locate where it is stored in Nemo. It is the contents of this directory that need to be copied to a new machine. I use my accounts with several different users on two Linux Mint computers and one Windows 10 box by storing them in a Dropbox accessible from each account on each computer. If you use customized reports and you want to migrate them or make them available on more than one machine you should also copy the hidden .gnucash directory if you are using a GnuCash version earlier than I think 2.6.19. In a few late 2.6 and 2.7 versions and in all 3.x versions the metadata is stored under $HOME/.local/share/gnucash as explained in the wiki https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations Another alternative to using dropbox is to use a file synchronization program like Unison which is available for Linux, Windows and Macs to synchronize your data and configs on several machines. This however can cause confusion as to which computer has the most up to date files on it which is why I use the Dropbox for the datafile and only sync my user preferences with Unison. 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.
