Another quirk to watch out for is whether Explorer was refreshed after the last file was created.
David C On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 11:44 AM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > True. I forgot about that one. I use sqlite and indeed it is always > inactive. > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Dec 4, 2018, at 11:38 AM, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > If it were an sqlite file then I don't think the Save button would > > ever be enabled. > > > > Colin > > On Tue, 4 Dec 2018 at 16:39, Adrien Monteleone > > <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > >> > >> If you try to open the file with a text editor (I used Atom, because > TextEdit complained about something wrong with UTF-8 in the file) you will > see this at the beginning: > >> > >> SQLite format 3 > >> > >> If it is an sqlite format. > >> > >> If it is the compressed XML, you’ll see gibberish/non-printable > character. > >> > >> If you uncompress the file, and try to read it with a text editor, > you’ll of course see XML. > >> > >> I’m not sure if there is any other way to tell. (short of using a hex > editor, etc.) > >> > >> Regards, > >> Adrien > >> > >>> On Dec 4, 2018, at 1:55 AM, Maf. King <m...@chilwell.net> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Lorrie, > >>> > >>> Are you sure you are using an XML file for your GC data? IIRC, using > the > >>> SQLite format stops the creation of the timestamp backup files. > >>> > >>> I'm not entirely sure how to check what format the file is in, but if > you do a > >>> file-> Save As and look at the options in that dialog box it *may* > shed some > >>> light. Cancel if you don't actually want to rename the file, of > course. > >>> > >>> 0.02 > >>> Maf. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tuesday, 4 December 2018 03:13:38 GMT David Cousens wrote: > >>>> Lorrie, > >>>> > >>>> That looks OK apart from not creating the backup file which should > have been > >>>> created when you opened the file to to make the change , saved it and > then > >>>> closed the file. (I noticed in an earlier post you mentioned adding > an .xml > >>>> file extension. There is no need to do that as the .gnucash is the > correct > >>>> extension.) > >>>> > >>>> There should have been a file > >>>> > >>>> finances.gnucash.<date-timestamp>.gnucash > >>>> > >>>> with the same <date-timestamp> roughly as the log file. It may differ > by a > >>>> few seconds. > >>>> <date-timestamp> has the format "YYYYMMDDHHMMSS". > >>>> > >>>> In most cases the datestamp on the log file and the backup file only > differ > >>>> by 1-2 s on my system with the backup file created first and then the > log > >>>> file. > >>>> > >>>> There is a preference in the Edit->Preferences General tab where you > can set > >>>> the file retention period for the backups and log files. I usually > leave > >>>> it at the default of 30 days as I have terrabytes of free space on my > >>>> system but it is generally a good idea to set this so you have a few > backup > >>>> and logfiles on your system so you can recover maximum data if you > ever > >>>> have a file corruption issue. This is only likely if GnuCash or the OS > >>>> crashes while writing to the file. > >>>> > >>>> David Cousens > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ----- > >>>> David Cousens > >>>> -- > >>>> Sent from: > http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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. > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Maf. 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