Thanks for replies. 1) My approach was to leave the GNC backup process as is
and handle the files only (moving them out of the base dir). 2) I have many
other files also in a folder where my budget database file resists, so I wanted
to move backups instantly. 3) I also wanted not to create custom shortcuts
which can break (if you move your database file) and you have to remember to
open GNC with the shortcut only. So the idea is to set this up once and
forget – which means later "open/use GNC as you like, let the system run
the task *automagically* whenever GNC is started (and end the task whenever it
is closed/killed) and move the backup files *automagically* to keep the folder
clean" (there are instructions inside the script) :) Regards, Char
5.08.2022 17:12 Jack Lockard < jelock...@outlook.com >: You can also
use a batch file to accomplish the task of moving the backup and log files. I
have a batch file named "Start GNUcash.bat" that contains the
following: @ECHO OFF ECHO Starting GNUcash START "Starting GNUcash"
/WAIT "C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash.exe" ECHO GNUcash
closed MOVE "C:\data file location\*.gnucash.*.gnucash" "C:\Backup
file location" MOVE "C:\data file location\*.log" "C:\Backup
file location" PAUSE @ECHO ON EXIT The START command starts GNUcash
and waits for it to close. Once it closes, it moves the backup and log files to
the backup folder. Obviously you would need to change the data file and backup
file locations to suit your system. The file location spec does not need to be
enclosed in quotes if there is no "White Space" in the file spec. Note
that you cannot simply use "*.gnucash" for the backup file as that
would move the main data file as well, so it must be
"*.gnucash.*.gnucash". Jack -----Original Message----- From:
gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+jelockard=outlook....@gnucash.org> On
Behalf Of Glenn Fowler Thank you for sharing. I do my backups with PS as
well but just do a once daily run and check the file hash for changes. If
it's changed then copy. On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 6:47 PM GNC mailinglist
<fly...@10g.pl> wrote: Hi, I'm new to GnuCash but, yep, I was
disappointed by the multiple backup and log files cluttering the directory
where the main budget file is stored. I've searched and found out nobody
even made a workaround. So I wrote a Powershell (Windows) script watching
folder for new files and moving them to another folder. Take a look at →
github.com nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
https://github.com/Kaligula0/FolderWatcher . The file has an explanation
but feel free to comment here or file a bug there. Best regards, Char
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