Yes, I appreciate the comment.

In my original post I mentioned that I was testing out an app called backblaze, an automatic backup to the the cloud. I asked where and how I would find the GNU backups, since the folder where GNU stuff is saved is full of files, and would have been backed up by backblaze it its entirity.. I got the answer(s) and the link to the manual. It was only then that I discovered, after I asked another question about the file name, that I was working on another backup. I don't recall making one specifically but it was probably part of a 'general' HD backup. However, I have no idea how or when I restored it, if I ever did, I have not had any reason to restore any files.

As you so rightly pointed out I may have f****d up, thanks.

I asked, in effect if the version that is in the backblaze app backup folder is a complete backup up to the 8 Feb, or is it just an update of the March 5 2018 file? If it is a 'catch-up' then is that ok?

Sorry for any confusion, it is not deliberate.

Thanks again, Finbar

On 10/02/2019 16:23, David T. wrote:
I don’t know. What is backblaze?

Based on the info in the FAQ to which I referred, it appears that on Feb 8, 
2019, you opened a backup copy of “GNU 5 Feb 2018”, which itself was made on 
March 5, 2018, made some changes, and saved from that backup. I don’t know your 
workflow or immediate purpose for doing that; in my situation, if I had opened 
a backup file from 11 months ago and made changes to that file which I then 
saved, I would most likely have f**ked up. YMMV.

David

On Feb 10, 2019, at 8:00 PM, Finbar Mahon <mahon.fin...@neuf.fr> wrote:

Thanks for that, I probably did, but not (yet) in backblaze, does that matter?

Finbar

On 09/02/2019 12:59, D wrote:
That file name indicates that you opened, and saved, a backup of your main data 
file. You might not have intended to do this.

See 
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_is_my_file_name_getting_longer_and_longer.3F

David

On February 9, 2019, at 5:15 PM, Finbar Mahon <mahon.fin...@neuf.fr> wrote:

Thanks, I read the guide and was a bit confused when backblaze showed
the most recent save was yesterday at 3.55pm but with two dates/times of -

GNU 5 Feb 2018 .gnucash.20180305171639.gnucash.20190208155508.gnucash<<
Is the second date from the left [20180305171639] the date the file was
created originally, and the first one [GNU 5 Feb 2018] the file name  ?

Not critical as the backblaze file is the last save before I closed gnucash.

Finbar



On 08/02/2019 22:56, David Cousens wrote:
Finbar,

The directory with your data file will also contain log files  and backup
files.

See https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.html for
details

David Cousens



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