I forgot to mention, I think the logs are only created per startup, so if you 
never close the app like I don’t...

Regards,
Adrien

> On Jul 27, 2018, at 10:48 AM, Adrien Monteleone 
> <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:
> 
> You could also create a log directory wherever you store the account book and 
> then periodically dump them in it just to declutter. But then if you set a 
> log TTL GC probably won’t see them to remove the old ones. Personally, I’d 
> prefer if GC used the OS log facilities than the present ‘one big pile along 
> with my files’ method. But I’m sure there is a reason for it.
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
>> On Jul 27, 2018, at 2:32 AM, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I am wondering why the log files bother you.  Possibly you have done
>> something like saving the accounts file on the desktop, so you see the log
>> files there.  If so then that is a bad plan.  Instead I suggest making a
>> folder specifically for the accounts file and using File > Save As to save
>> it there.  Then you can leave the log file setting at the default and they
>> will be no bother, but will be there in case you need them.
>> 
>> Colin
>> 
>> On 26 July 2018 at 21:27, varda241--- via gnucash-user <
>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> <div>Will try 1 day. Thanks</div><div><br></div>Sent from my Verizon ASUS
>>> tablet
>>> 
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> From:Derek Atkins <warl...@mit.edu>
>>> Sent:Thu, 26 Jul 2018 10:55:44 -0400
>>> To:varda241 via gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org>
>>> Cc:David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com>,varda241 <varda...@aol.com>
>>> Subject:Re: [GNC] Logs.
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> varda241 via gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> writes:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> It is not just one or two. There are logs created each time I open the
>>>>> program
>>>> 
>>>> Which "log" are you talking about?
>>>> 
>>>> Are you talking about the transaction logs?
>>>> Or are you talking about the runtime (trace file) logs?
>>>> 
>>>> There is no way to turn off transaction logs -- all you can do is define
>>>> how long they will be kept.  The shortest you can set that to is 1 day.
>>>> If you set it to 0 it will keep them forever.
>>>> 
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