On 2/3/2026 1:20 PM, Jerry Criswell (JC) wrote:
I have used GnuCash for a month now, am fairly comfortable, and think
I will keep it. I am running it on Linux Mint 22.3 Cinnamon 64 bit.
What are the files to back up and where are they? I can use terminal
if I have to (too much typing) but prefer not to.
Need to know anything else?
JC
The answer you just got is a LITERAL answer to your question (how do I
back up my gnucash data). But the REAL QUESTION you should be asking is
"how do I back up ALL of my user data that I would not want lost WHEN
(not if) my machine dies". You gnucash data is likely just a tiny subset
of that data you should be backing up on a regular basis. If you have a
GENERAL process backing up "all my critical user data" you will not need
something specific to gnucash data.
For example consider this process. Mount an external drive. Create(on
it) a directory with a name like backupyyyymmdd. Copy into this
directory your user directory. Unmount the external drive < Ideally you
keep this drive in a fire box in a separate location-- mine lives in a
fire box inside a dead fridge in the garage (a separate building) >> If
that sounds extreme, I'm a retired pro, and smoke damage from a 2006
house fire meant only some of my backups were readable. Of course in my
working days backups were done for me.
Michael D Novack
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