It's too bad that the responses to "Gnucash has crashed and I lost X hours of work" are:
1. Save more often. 2. Don't use a cloud service except as an offline backup. 3. Use the db backend (which is basically a technological alternative to #1). On July 22, 2022 8:51:01 PM GMT+03:00, Phyllis Bruce <pobruc...@gmail.com> wrote: >Thank you Adrien, and Glenn > >I'd much prefer to keep the file local. I just discovered I can choose to >NOT sync a folder to dropbox so I carefully navigated to the GnuCash folder >on my PC and made that change. I will re-import by month henceforth. I've >already done the hard work of figuring where stuff goes so it should be >easier this time. I'll also decrease the autosave interval. > >Once I have a good file, do I need to keep the log files? They pile up in >a double quick hurry. > >On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 12:16 PM Adrien Monteleone < >adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > >> Someone else can help with the logfile, and it *should* replay your >> steps, but I'd offer two suggestions for a different workflow: >> >> 1. copy the file locally first, then open it. (other users of DropBox >> may have additional/alternative practices to help with sync issues) >> >> 2. Import, match & reconcile one month at a time then save. Doing this >> in smaller batches has two advantages: the matcher is trained as you go, >> this means less editing work on your part, and more accurate match >> guesses on GnuCash's part; the incremental saves mean should a crash >> happen, you lose less work. >> >> Another option is to switch to the SQLite backend rather than the >> default XML. Of course, XML should work, but SQLite does instant saves, >> so if there is a crash, your at most likely to lose the last >> edit/import, etc. (and so doing things in smaller batches also means >> less lost work, without even having to remember to save.) >> >> Regards, >> Adrien >> >> On 7/22/22 11:29 AM, Phyllis Bruce wrote: >> > Imported and matched all the years transactions for a credit card. Then >> > hit the reconcile button. Crash! >> > On trying to get back in I received a message that talked about >> > bounceback? I'm sorry, I didn't write it down, but when I tried to >> reopen >> > it said that someone else might be using the file and the path to DROPBOX >> > was shown. I possibly made a mistake in choosing to open anyway - >> because >> > 4 hours of work have apparently disappeared. >> > >> > Dropbox has a log file timestamp is 10:51 (the log also exists on my >> local >> > drive). That is about the time of the crash. Could it possibly be of >> help >> > in restoring all my work or do I need to do it over again? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
