On 2/21/2026 12:30 PM, Jerry Criswell (JC) wrote:
I, too, am having trouble finding files. I backed up .gnucash a while
back and now I can't find it to save my life. It is buried somewhere
deep in Linux Mint 22.3. I went to the wiki and tried its suggestion
to try and find GSETTINGS. It said go to /org/gnucash. I don't have
an org directory under either Home or file system. To me that means
the wiki is unusable. Where are all the files I need to save on my
system?
a) This isn't REALLY a gnucash question, since "I made a copy of a file,
can't remember what I called it or in what directory I put it" affects
FAR more than gnucash.
b) For backups, create a directory withing your user directory giving it
a meaningful name like "Backups". Put any backup copies in this
directory, again using meaningful name. I always incorporate the Julian
sate in the name so no mistake which backup the latest.
Thus for your backup for gnucash I might use
gnucashbooksyyyymmdd.gnucash
NOW for you, to recover, not knowing the name or where.
1) MAYBE you kept the file extension .gnucash --- search for all such
files. If you don;t know how to do that, again, not a gnucash issue but
a "how do I use linux" issue.
2) MAYBE you remember approximately when you made this backup copy. Look
at all files created around that date. Again, how to do tat a linux user
issue.
Michael D Novack
PS -- You SHOULD have an organized process to back up ALL your user data.
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