David, That's off topic. And I don't use OneDrive. Better to start a different topic.
David T. -------- Original Message -------- From: David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> Sent: Tue Jan 18 13:42:16 EST 2022 To: "D." <sunfis...@yahoo.com> Cc: Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com>, "D. via gnucash-user" <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: Re: [GNC] Exiting GNUCash David T, Is One Drive able to hide all the file system lags that it introduces from programs like GnuCash? If so, I need to consider using it. That is why I am asking for more comments here. On Tue, Jan 18, 2022, 12:11 PM D. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > David, > > What Gyle is describing has nothing to do with OneDrive. Gnucash shouldn't > exit the program when he closes the "Save/Close without Saving/Cancel" > dialog box by clicking the "X" for the dialog-- and it sure shouldn't leave > the lock file in place when it does so. That the lock file still exists > supports the idea of a crash. > > Gyle: what happens if you click Cancel? > > David T. > ------------------------------ > *From:* David Carlson > *Sent:* Tue Jan 18 12:01:53 EST 2022 > *To:* Gyle McCollam > *Cc:* "gnucash-user@gnucash.org" > *Subject:* Re: [GNC] Exiting GNUCash > > That is an issue with the way you have your file system organized, but it > is not necessarily bad or wrong, just an artifact, I think. I do not use > OneDrive or equivalent yet myself because I have not decided how to manage > that very issue of the lag while background updates are happening to my > data file storage system. > > You are getting that lock warning because your OneDrive has not caught up > with you yet. If you open anyway, you are burdening the OneDrive with more > work to keep the data intact, and I do not know if it can handle that, thus > I do not try it. Perhaps other users of that type of arrangement can give > us their experience.That is probably also the cause of the Save Changes > warning. That may actually lose your recent work just as warned. Again, > perhaps others have experience with OneDrive. > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 10:38 AM Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> wrote: > > David, Hopefully I can clarify what is happening. I did not abandon an >> edit. I finished an entry, but clicked on the "x" to shutdown before >> saving. Included is a screenshot of a test entry that was completed (see >> last line). Then, I clicked on the "x" to shutdown and the dialogue popped >> up. >> I seem to remember that "cancel" brought you back into GNUCash and "save" >> atctually save the current state of the file. Now, it doesn't matter which >> option I choose it, I think it crashes GNUCash. Then on the next startup >> it tells me: >> >> I select "Open Anyway" and the test entry is gone. I hope this make it >> more clear. >> >> >> Thank You, >> *Gyle McCollam* >> >> Gyle McCollam >> >> 609.680.2326 Mobile >> >> gmccol...@live.com <gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* Monday, January 17, 2022 8:46 PM >> *To:* Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> >> *Cc:* gnucash-user@gnucash.org <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >> *Subject:* Re: [GNC] Exiting GNUCash >> >> It is not clear what you think happened. It seems that more than one >> thing did not transpire as you expected, since abandoning an edit, the >> presumed cause of the shutdown without saving warning, and the attempt to >> open a file already in use are different events. >> Then how did you ascertain that, in fact, GnuCash did not save. What, >> exactly did it not save? Did you allow sufficient time for GnuCash to >> actually complete the entire shutdown? Sometimes it takes a really long >> time to shut down. For example, when Linux decides to put some of >> GnuCash's virtual RAM onto hard drive swap space, it may take over a minute >> for the OS to recover and close the open file. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 6:04 PM Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> wrote: >> >> I usually don't forget to save first so I don't know how long this has >> been happening. Today I didn't save, so when the dialogue box came up, I >> selected "cancel". GNUCash shutdown without saving and when I tried to >> open it thought there was another instance running, but I said open >> anyway. I tested this again with the same result. Then I tried it again, >> this time telling the system to save. It shut down again, but it did not >> save! I got the same message about the file already in use. >> >> Has anyone else encounter this error? I am using Win11 and GNUCash 4.9. >> >> >> Thank You, >> Gyle McCollam >> >> Gyle McCollam >> >> 609.680.2326 Mobile >> >> gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email >> ------------------------------ >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> David Carlson > > > > _______________________________________________ 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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