Are there options to not replicate the full file? - Loading the data from multiple files would not take any appreciable additional time. - Loading the recent data first might save times, as really old data is off screen in most accounts. - The algorithm could even take into account keeping deeper time images of low churn accounts so the first page could be populated and the rest installed in the background.
-----Original Message----- From: Geoff <[email protected]> To: David G. Pickett <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Mon, Dec 21, 2020 4:30 am Subject: Re: [GNC] Fwd: Smaller backup files: Time division, Since or Incremental? Have you considered only backing up the log files then? They are your incrementals... https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.html Geoff ===== On 21/12/2020 1:28 pm, David G. Pickett wrote: > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Smaller backup files: Time division, Since or Incremental? > Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 14:40:54 -0500 > From: David G. Pickett <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > > > One thing that complicates my gnucash life is the size and number of > backup files. > > * It'd be nice, since most of the data is very historical, if it the > data was divided by time into multiple files, more finely in rear > time. Even if old files occasionally get updated by new work, they > would mostly be static. > * Another traditional way to keep backup sizes down is the Since-the > last-full and the Incremental since the last incremental. > * Since files are in xml, if they are line divided by transaction or > entry, text tools like good old sccs can discern differences. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
