Hi David, Here are my responses.
1. Retain log file set to 15 days. 2. No * before the filename in the title bar. What is this "the amount of time set in that preference section has passed." that you are referring to? I am not finding this in the preferences section. David C > > On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 8:17 PM Lorrie Laskey <lrlas...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi David, >> >> Here's what I did. >> >> - I did a "save as" and renamed the file to "finances.gnucash" then >> closed the file. >> - Reopened Gnucash which opened the very same file. >> - Made a change and saved it which created a log file. >> - Closed the same file and repeated these steps. >> - No backup file was created . Only the original "finances.gnucash" >> file >> remained. >> >> Is something wrong? >> >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 6:32 PM David Cousens <davidcous...@bigpond.com> >> wrote: >> >> > Lorrie, >> > >> > At some point instead of opening the main file "finances.gnucash" it >> would >> > appear you have opened a backup copy of the >> > file, which is why it has the form "finances.gnucash.20181202.gnucash". >> > >> > Each time Gnucash is opened, it copies the file "<filename>.gnucash it" >> > has just opened and renames it >> > "<filename>.gnucash.<date-time stamp>.gnucash" . It also creates a >> logfile >> > "<filename>.gnucash.<date-time stamp>.log" >> > which records the changes to the file which occur during the current >> > session. >> > >> > When you exit or when you make changes or use the Save button in GnuCash >> > any changes are saved to "<filename>.gnucash" >> > In your case <filename>="finances.gnucash.20181202" instead of >> > "finances.gnucash". >> > >> > You can restore this to the normal situation simply by renaming the file >> > you are currently using as the main >> > file, "finances.gnucash.20181202.gnucash", as "finances.gnucash". >> > >> > See https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.html >> > for a detailed explanation of this. >> > >> > David Cousens >> > >> > >> > On Sun, 2018-12-02 at 10:14 -0800, Lorrie Laskey wrote: >> > > Hi Colin, >> > > >> > > I understand. Since I don't really need to know the minute and seconds >> > when >> > > a file is saved at this time, I will leave the file name as it is. >> > > >> > > My next topic, for another email, is how to set up a budget. I have >> tried >> > > and watched videos and read documentation but never quite get it to >> work >> > or >> > > understand what it is doing. >> > > >> > > Thanks for your help this morning. >> > > >> > > >> > > On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 10:10 AM Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > >> > > > On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 at 18:01, Lorrie Laskey <lrlas...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > > > > >> > > > > Hi Colin, >> > > > > >> > > > > The "save" option did get focus once I made a change and saved the >> > file. >> > > > > >> > > > > However, the file name doesn't look right. See below. It is using >> the >> > > > >> > > > name that I created when I used "save as" though I used "save" but >> the >> > log >> > > > file name looks right. What is happening? Is this a problem? >> > > > > >> > > > > finances.gnucash.20181202.gnucash >> > > > > finances.gnucash.20181202.gnucash.20181202095503 >> > > > >> > > > If you used Save As to save to that file, then that file becomes the >> > > > current file in use so when you later use Save it will save back to >> > > > that file again (and that is the file that will be re-opened >> > > > automatically when you open Gnucash). Again this is exactly the >> same >> > > > as will happen with MS Word for example. Save As means "save the >> file >> > > > with this new name and then keep using the new name". If you want >> to >> > > > give it a different name then use Save As just once to save it with >> > > > the name you want and thereafter Save will save back to that file. >> > > > >> > > > Colin >> > > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > 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. 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