Obviously this is not worth reading On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 3:38 PM Wm via gnucash-devel < gnucash-devel@gnucash.org> wrote:
> On 05/06/2018 13:53, Chris Good wrote: > > Hi, > > Hello, Chris > > > I'm working on my BackupGnuCash stand-alone app. > > I have 2 questions today: > > read > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations > and weep at how bad things have become > > The last time i addressed this our idiots in charge were so recalcitrant > about even considering they'd done a stupid thing I stopped reading the > gnc lists. > > I am glad you, someone I respect, have raised it again. > > > 1. > > > > I'm a little uncertain about where the saved reports and metadata files > are > > in GnuCash 3.0 for Linux. > > unfortunately the people that think they know better decided to put them > where Micrsosoft, etc thought best. That means it changes at a whim, I > am angry about this and they don't care. > > I cannot make a backup policy for my charitable organizations because > our cleverer-than-thou FUCKWIT seniors just put stuff where they think > MS or Linux policy suggests they should go and never actually think for > themselves. > > The files should belong to the book and be closely associated with them. > > Our FUCKWITS IN CHARGE decided that the metadata belonged with the user > not the book, that makes no fucking sense for an accounting file, they > changed it anyway, grrrrr > > > I suspect they are by default: > > > > ~/.local/share/gnucash/saved-reports-2.4 > > > > ~/.local/share/gnucash/books/[BOOK].gnucash.gcm > > > > unless overridden by XDG_DATA_HOME. > > except you can't rely on those those locations. > > See the problem now? > > > Can some-one please confirm? > > Only thing I can confirm is I don't know where anything is. > > > 2. > > > > I tried to get version 3 on Linux (Ubuntu 16.04) running to test myself. > > that's the easy bit :) > > > Thanks in advance, > > Waves back. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
