Mario, under Linux Gnucash stores its settings using dconf. You can view them with the dconf-editor). Inside dconf you will find your gnucash settings, including the file history, under org/gnucash/GnuCash (Older versions of GNC used org.gnucash). In the filesystem it's in ~/.config/dconf/user, so this is the file you are looking for. Since nearly all applications store their user related settings under ~/.config/, it's worth a thought to backup this folder entirely (including "hidden" files with names starting with a period). But I agree Steve that it's an even better idea to backup your whole home directory on a regular base.
Thomas Am Dienstag, 22. Februar 2022, 18:49:42 CET schrieb Mario Nigrovic: > Many years ago, I had used gnucash, and was pretty happy with it. I was > very careful to make regular backups of my data, and so, when my disk > inevitably crashed, I was not too worried. However, I was mortified to > discover that, although all my transaction data had been saved, all my > custom reports were lost, as they had been stored separately in a secret > undisclosed location, I later discovered to be elsewhere in my home > directory. > > Recently, I have decided to try again to use gnucash, but I would like very > much to ensure ALL my data is backed up. So I hit upon the idea of running > the tool under a custom value of $HOME, but I was then shocked to discover > that even with this method, gnucash was able to remember previous locations > of my database file, which suggests that the tool is also using some kind > of other mechanism to save historical data, and that makes me very nervous > about actually being able to do proper backups of everything related to the > tool. > Doing some sleuthing using strace, I was able to find the previous database > location delivered through some socket connection, and that really scares > me, since it is now possible critical data is stored via some other Linux > service and I will have no way to trace out where this may be to avoid > future nasty surprises. > I have not seen any documentation about backup strategies other than the > aromatic saving of previous data files, yet I do see that there was data > being stored at least in ~/.local, so I'm hoping someone on this list may > be able to point me to some more thorough discussion of ALL the places user > data from gnucash may be stored. > Thanks for your help! > > -- Mario > > -- Mario > _______________________________________________ > 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.
