Bob, There will be the main data file, xxxxx.gnucash, log files and backup files in your gnucash directory. The logfiles and backup files will have the same basename as your mainfile, but will have a timestamp as part of the filename, i.e xxxxx.<timestamp>.log and xxxxx.<timestamp>.gnucash. If you have a datafile problem at some point, you can load a backup file known to be good and then load the log files up to the time of failure to restore your data file. How many of these you keep can be defined in the user preferences. This is not however an adequate backup strategy overall as it will not protect you from computer hardware failures etc See https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup for more information.
David Cousens On Wed, 2018-10-31 at 00:52 +0000, Bob Hammons wrote: > I have been using Gnucash since the first of the year. The data files are in > a directory named gnucash and it save a > lot of backups. I am using Windows 10. I open filer and control c the days > files, sometimes as high as 20, and paste > them to a thumb drive for backup. Is this all I need to backup or is there > other files ? Can I take the thumb drive > to a different computer, to my accountant, with gnucash installed and have > the info he needs? > > > thanks Bob > _______________________________________________ > 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.
