Re: GnuCash Files names

2017-08-09 Thread Denis_gmail
Yes it did ask for the old name. But I finally manage to get things in order and delete a huge number of files. What a difference ;-) Thanks Colin Le 2017-08-09 à 16:12, Colin Law a écrit : Rather than renaming the current working file I suggest using File > Save As to save it with the new nam

Re: GnuCash Files names

2017-08-09 Thread Colin Law
Rather than renaming the current working file I suggest using File > Save As to save it with the new name (make sure you are saving to the right directory). Then when you open Gnucash the next time it will automatically re-open that file. Colin On 9 August 2017 at 20:41, Denis_gmail wrote: > No

Re: GnuCash Files names

2017-08-09 Thread Denis_gmail
No wonder I was confused! Really appreciate your help and explanations of what went wrong. Just to be on the safe side I'll make a copy of all those files before deleting. Thanks again Den Le 2017-08-09 à 13:37, Buddha Buck a écrit : You probably also have a "den.gnucash", a "den.gnucash.20

Re: GnuCash Files names

2017-08-09 Thread Buddha Buck
You probably also have a "den.gnucash", a "den.gnucash.20161107142750.gnucash", a "den.gnucash.20161107142750.gnucash.20161201140745.gnucash", and a "den.gnucash.20161107142750.gnucash.20161201140745.gnucash.20170208132409.gnucash" as well. When you are using GnuCash to work on the file "foo.gnuc

GnuCash Files names

2017-08-09 Thread Denis_gmail
There is something I don't understand in the file names used by GnuCash. I must miss something...:-( Today I save the file as usual when exiting (today is >2017-07-20< and the file name used by GnuCash was:) den.gnucash.20161107142750.gnucash.20161201140745.gnucash.20170208132409.gnucash.2017020