It is a real mouthful :-) On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 16:53, David T. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks. Don't know why I couldn't see that before. I guess the terminology > didn't register in my mind. > On 4/29/2020 11:59 AM, David H wrote: > > David T., > > Preferences >> General >> Path Head for Transaction Association Files is > probably the setting you're looking for :-) > > Cheers David H. > > > On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 16:12, David T. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If the setting were per book and user-configurable, then a user could >> choose to set each data file to use a different set of folders, by >> changing the file default from "logs" to "logs-file1" >> >> Does the Attachments functionality provide a blueprint for how this >> could work for backups and logs? It seems to me that there is a setting >> somewhere that allows the user to point to a particular folder for >> external file association (although my attempts at locating that setting >> have failed). >> >> But your point about the logs and backups having different filenames is >> apt as well. >> >> David T. >> >> On 4/29/2020 8:55 AM, Chris Good wrote: >> >> > From: David H <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Wednesday, 29 April 2020 12:49 PM >> > To: Chris Good <[email protected]> >> > Cc: Gnucash Users <[email protected]> >> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Gnucash logs >> > >> > >> > >> > Chris, >> > >> > >> > >> > How would you see this working with my 2 data files that I have in the >> same gnucash folder ??? Would the subdirectory(ies) include the name of >> the data file to clearly identify them or would all log/backup files be >> lumped in together in a single subdirectory ? When I save my gnucash file >> under another name using save as would it create the required >> subdirectories for the new data file if they are separate subdirectories ? >> > >> > >> > >> > My own situation is that I've set the log files to be deleted after 30 >> days which seems to work on Mac Catalina. My data files are in a dedicated >> folder in my Documents folder and I must confess that I have NEVER had a >> need to go looking for backup files or log files since starting with >> Gnucash in 2010. >> > >> > >> > >> > Cheers David Halverson. >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 11:48, Chris Good <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: >> > >> > -------- Original Message -------- >> > From: Michael or Penny Novack <[email protected] <mailto: >> [email protected]> > >> > Sent: Tue Apr 28 22:11:04 GMT+05:30 2020 >> > To: "D." <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >> > Cc: Gnucash Users <[email protected] <mailto: >> [email protected]> > >> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Gnucash logs >> > >> > On 4/27/2020 10:50 PM, D. wrote: >> >> Michael, >> >> >> >> I take your point; we users will often create duplicated file names for >> > different content. I believe that many users only keep one set of >> books. I >> > don't have any statistics on general GnuCash usage to be able to say >> whether >> > more users have one file or many. >> >> However, given that operating systems prevent identical file names to >> >> coexist in a folder, it would seem to me that there is a simple remedy >> >> to overlapping log files: per book log folder settings. In your case, >> >> business1financials/ledger.gnucash would use business1financials/logs >> >> and organization1financials/ledger.gnucash would use >> >> organization1financials/logs >> >> >> >> Problem solved. >> >> >> > Yes, but that is solving the problem by a different method (not writing >> the >> > log files to a dedicated directory for all log files but writing them >> into a >> > subdirectory of the directory containing the data file). >> > Would be easy for gnucash when starting to check for the existence of >> this >> > subdirectory, if not there, create it. Much as it checks for the >> existence >> > of a lock file. >> > >> > Had THAT been suggested you would not have seen an objection from me. >> > But about "almost all users have only one set of books" I have to laugh. >> > If all those rare situations never existed, designing/writing software >> would >> > be a snap. Software solution have to ALWAYS work. A commonly quoted >> rule of >> > rule of thumb, 80% of the design/write time will be handling just 20% >> of the >> > cases, but in my experience, 50% of the time will be handling those >> that are >> > 1% or less. >> > >> > Michael >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > I like the idea of putting logs in a 'log' subdirectory of the data file >> > folder and also putting the backups in a 'backup' subdirectory of the >> data >> > file folder. GnuCash would create these on startup if needed. >> > >> > If I could get general approval in principle, I could even start work >> on it. >> > >> > Regards, Chris Good >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > >> > >> > >> > Hi David H, >> > >> > >> > >> > The backup filenames and log filenames already include the book name >> and I see no reason to change that. >> > >> > People could still have multiple books in the same directory, although >> I suggest best practice is to put each book’s data file in a separate >> directory. >> > >> > >> > >> > Regards, Chris Good >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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. >> > _______________________________________________ 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. 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