Jerry, as a lo-ooo-ng time Linux user, I suggest this way of backing up everything:
https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202411/page10.html I use PCLinuxOS, & love their support. But the method can be adapted to any Linux distro. (The free PCL mag is great too.) You can set the backup to run daily or weekly, etc too. (It is incremental, so keeps a backup of your home directory.) btw, I am not so far behind you, but still get involved in tech: mainly Home Assistant for my home energy control: BIG battery gets installed Friday. regards, Doug On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 14:01:33 -0600 "Jerry Criswell (JC)" <[email protected]> wrote: > You are correct. A little history. I was the first IT guy in our office > back in the nineties and set up the first two email systems, so I know > and agree with everything you said. Probably poor wording due to age > (86). I am new to linux so was trying to learn something. > > Thanks to everyone for your help. > > JC > > > On 2/3/26 1:00 PM, Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > 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 > ----- > 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
