That’s if you chose XML format *and disabled compression in Preferences*. Otherwise the XML is compressed with gzip and will be gibberish if opened in a text editor. It can be easily decompressed with most compression programs like 7zip.
Regards, John Ralls > On Dec 4, 2018, at 6:02 AM, David Cousens <davidcous...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Gareth, > > If you chose XML format to save your data, all the data files are actually > text files. The main data file and its > backups files are formatted internally with XML tags. The log files have > their own syntax for each transaction record. > You can open any of them with any text editor. > > Linux reports the files ending in ".gnucash" as spreadsheet files and the > ".log" files as Text files but that is because > of the mapping of file extensions onto file types used. > > https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.html > > also https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup > > David Cousens > > > On Mon, 2018-12-03 at 19:37 +0000, Gareth Davies via gnucash-user wrote: >> Thanks for the reply D, but under the file type is says Text Document which >> can be opened in Notepad. >> >> >> >> I might be missing it but I can’t find that reference in the link you sent >> >> >> >> From: D [mailto:sunfis...@yahoo.com] >> Sent: 03 December 2018 17:48 >> To: Gareth Davies <gareth.davie...@ntlworld.com>; Gnucash Users >> <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >> Subject: Re: [GNC] Text Files >> >> >> >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_What_are_all_these_.gnucash_and_.log_files_filling_up_my_directory.3F >> >> >> >> On December 3, 2018, at 11:15 PM, Gareth Davies via gnucash-user >> <gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto: >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> Can anyone tell me why there are a load of text files in the folder I save >> Gnucash to, and can they be safely deleted. >> >> Thanks Gareth >> >> Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986 >> <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986%3e> >; >> for Windows 10 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto: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. > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
