Thanks, John. I’m using a Mac. Will your directions still apply? Kind regards,
Eric W. Rathhaus Law Office of Eric W. Rathhaus 484 Lake Park Avenue, Suite 50 Oakland, CA 94610 415.577.0920 tel 415.737.0603 fax www.ewrlaw.com Confidentiality : The information contained in this message is legally privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please be advised that any dissemination, distribution, or copy of the information in this message, and/or the name(s) of the person(s) it is addressed to, is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us by returning this email to us. If that is not possible, we will reimburse you for any costs in returning this message to us through other means. > On Apr 2, 2019, at 5:02 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > The books directory in GNC_DATA_DIR (see > http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations to see where that is on > your OS) will have a file named after each one that you've had open with a > .gcm extension instead of .gnucash. If you left registers open when you > closed the .gnucash file the .gcm file will name the accounts for those > registers, which might help you narrow down which is the one you want. Once > you've figured that out you can use your OS's file-find utility to locate it. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > >> On Apr 2, 2019, at 2:27 PM, Eric Rathhaus office <e...@ewrlaw.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks, John. My only problem is that I tried opening various files to see >> if I could find the correct one so that the the “good” file won’t be on the >> list of four. Any other ways to find it? >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Eric W. Rathhaus >> Law Office of Eric W. Rathhaus >> 484 Lake Park Avenue, Suite 50 >> Oakland, CA 94610 >> 415.577.0920 tel >> 415.737.0603 fax >> >> www.ewrlaw.com >> >> Confidentiality : >> >> The information contained in this message is legally privileged and >> confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named >> above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please >> be advised that any dissemination, distribution, or copy of the information >> in this message, and/or the name(s) of the person(s) it is addressed to, is >> prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us by >> returning this email to us. If that is not possible, we will reimburse you >> for any costs in returning this message to us through other means. >> >> >> >>> On Mar 31, 2019, at 7:35 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.fremont.ca.us> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Mar 31, 2019, at 5:17 PM, Eric Rathhaus office <e...@ewrlaw.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello - I just downloaded version 3.4. When I opened for 1st time, >>>> everything was fine and I began entering transactions into an account >>>> ledger. I wanted to save these transactions but the save button was >>>> greyed out. I thought maybe I needed to point to the correct data file. >>>> When I used “open” from the file menu, and pend the normal base data file, >>>> it in fact was old and had no transactions after 2013. Now I cannot find >>>> my data. All suggestions welcome. >>>> >>>> Kind regards, >>>> >>>> Eric W. Rathhaus >>>> Law Office of Eric W. Rathhaus >>>> 484 Lake Park Avenue, Suite 50 >>>> Oakland, CA 94610 >>>> 415.577.0920 tel >>>> 415.737.0603 fax >>>> >>>> www.ewrlaw.com >>>> >>>> Confidentiality : >>>> >>>> The information contained in this message is legally privileged and >>>> confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee(s) >>>> named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, >>>> please be advised that any dissemination, distribution, or copy of the >>>> information in this message, and/or the name(s) of the person(s) it is >>>> addressed to, is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, >>>> please notify us by returning this email to us. If that is not possible, >>>> we will reimburse you for any costs in returning this message to us >>>> through other means. >>>> >>> >>> When you started GnuCash it opened the last file you had used. If you >>> entered transactions into it and that didn't light up the "save" button >>> then you were using a SQL backend, probably SQLite3 because otherwise you >>> would have been asked for a password. When you opened the other file that >>> closed the one you were working on. >>> >>> No matter, just click the File menu. At the bottom you'll find the last >>> files you used up to 4 in order of use. Just pick the second one on the >>> list and it will be your "other" file. >>> >>> Regards, >>> John Ralls >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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