Sorry, I have found the autosave it is five minutes.
Barry
On 29/07/2023 14:02, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
First, those long file names with numbers in them suggest at some
point you've opened a backup file and then worked in it rather than
your main file.
This could be a big problem in that you might think you've entered
transactions and then find them missing.
Does the title bar of your GnuCash window have a similar looking file
name? You'll need to clean that up. If so, report back that fact and
folks here can suggest some remedies.
Second, the Save function could be triggered by an auto-save
preference. If you are using the default XML backend, you can set the
file to save every certain number of minutes. If you didn't
intentionally save the file under one of the SQL backends, (and you'd
know) then you are using the default.
Otherwise, usually a CTRL+S (CMD+S on a Mac) will trigger a Save.
As for why you can't save, if you need to, the message suggests lack
of space on the drive, or a permissions issue. We don't yet have
enough information to determine which one.
Regards,
Adrien
On 7/29/23 2:28 AM, Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user wrote:
Since you asked "exactly" I'll try my best.
I was entering data to a bank account and then I got the strange
message.
I had already entered several items to the a/c when the message
appeared.
I suspect I had pressed a wrong key, causing the message I mentioned
to appear. When I clicked ok I got a screen with a list of files.
There is no title on the file, just 'save' and it is in 'users/barry
mahon/documents/tax accounts and returns
That looks like an account which contains an annual P&L, but now has
a list of files such as -
C:\Users\Barry Mahon\Documents\Tax accounts and returns\P&L
2022.gnucash.20230726121238.gnucash.20230728171739.gnucash
Dated yesterday. It looks like I am trying to save my bank a/c to
this file.
My question is should I delete these files back to the original P&L
files? and then try to reset everything? but how??
In fact I have just updated the OS, and restarted Gnu, but this same
'save' file appears when I try to save the original banks a/c entries.
There are no other files open but the bank a/c file/
That is the best explanation I can make of what has happened.
Grateful for any advice.
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