Oh, I see now his mention of Kubuntu was one of his messages only sent to me and not the list.
Richard - here’s another example of why you should reply-to-list or reply-all. Other people want to help, but they aren’t privy to all your particulars because your message didn’t go out to the list... Regards, Adrien > On Aug 2, 2018, at 8:43 PM, Adrien Monteleone > <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > 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.
