He did indicate a few messages ago that he’s using Kubuntu 18.04. But overall, good advice, regardless.
FYI, from another recent discussion I glean from one of the devs that those transaction log files are not needed or even useful once a successful save has taken place. That is, only the most recent log file (between the last successful save and a crash state) is needed to replay the transactions back into the file. You can routinely safely delete the older ones. They won’t be used or needed. I use the sqlite3 backend, so I don’t get log files anymore, but perhaps one or more of the settings in Preferences can trim those down a bit for you. Regards, Adrien > On Aug 2, 2018, at 12:26 PM, Stephen M. Butler <kg...@arrl.net> wrote: > > On 08/02/2018 07:24 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> First, please reply to the list so others can benefit from the conversation. >> ------------ >> Absolutely you can save your file in a new location. >> >> Where would you like to save it? Somewhere in your Home folder tree is what >> I’d think most people use. >> >> Does it need to be on a removable drive or can it be stored on the internal >> HD/SSD? What was the reason for using the removable drive in the first place? >> >> p.s—I’m going to be away from my computer till this evening, but someone >> else might chime in before me based on your answers. >> >> Regards, >> Adrien >> >>> On Aug 2, 2018, at 9:08 AM, Dick Barmann <d...@stripingthetown.com> wrote: >>> >>> How can I close "save as" to set a new location that will not have a long >>> name and cannot not be found. My existing files are deep in the program and >>> I keep getting that file cannot be found. Can I create a folder that can be >>> found and close with it. I am using Linux. >>> >>> Richard Barmann >>> >>> > > Richard, > You didn't indicate which version of *Nix you have. I am using Ubuntu > 18.04. In my situation, I keep books for personal as well as an LLC I > own. In my $HOME folder I created a Finance Folder and under that a > folder for SteveWanita (could call it Personal) and one for the LLC. I > save as to these folders the first time. And yes, it is a pain the see > the folder with all the logs and backups in there. Once in a while I go > on a jihad to clean them out. I'm running the supplied backup utility > to send the daily backups to a Windows share that sits on the Windows > box (external drive -- always mounted). On one occasion I had to > recover my LLC finances from there as I was too aggressive in removing > the logs/backups. <<grin>> > > However, I can click on the file name and GnuCash fires up with it > opened and read to go. Or, I can click on the Icon for GnuCash frozen > to the left panel and get whichever one I worked on last. Usually that > isn't the one I want! > > Hope this helps. > > --Steve > > -- > > Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM > stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com > kg...@arrl.net > 253-350-0166 > ------------------------------------------- > GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > 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 gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
