Adrien, It does indeed Menu->Administration->Backup Tool. I don't usually make use of it as my NAS initiates and carries out my main backups for me and a couple of crons do the rest. It looks like it can access network locations too. I have a mixed Linux/Windows (can't convert the wife) setup which the NAS handles for me
David On Thu, 2022-08-11 at 00:35 -0500, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > If I'm not mistaken, Mint has a backup utility. So you can just set it > up and make sure the GnuCash locations noted in the Wiki and Guide are > included in the paths to be backed up. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 8/10/22 9:29 PM, davidcousen...@gmail.com wrote: > > James > > > > https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.html > > > > The info https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations is also > > useful > > for backing up user preferences and things like customized reports. > > > > To back up to a USB drive on Linux Mint, the drive should appear in the file > > manager (icon that looks like a filing cabinet folder in the LH panel of the > > Menu) once you have plugged it in and it is mounted. Navigate to andelect > > the > > folder containing the data file Ctr-c to copy it. Navigate to the USB hard > > drive > > and select a suitable directory to keep your backups in on the Hard drive > > and > > Ctrl-v to paste a copy there (or use the Edit items in the menu). > > > > How to do actually backups is an operating system issue and not really a > > GnuCash > > issue. Gnucash's internal backup, logfiles and restore capability are > > primarily > > about recovering from a datafile corrupted by a GnuCash program crash, > > rather > > than general computer failures like a hard disk failure. There are any > > number > > of articles on general computer backup strategies on the internet depending > > on > > the facilities you have available and how much you want to spend setting it > > up. > > A good practice is at least a backup to another local device in your > > home (USB > > disk, NAS, another computer) and a backup to an offsite facility to protect > > you > > if your house burns down for example (USB stick kept by a relative ot cloud > > facility) > > > > On Linux you can create "cron" jobs to schedule automatic backups if this is > > useful. For example I backup critical files to a cloud storage as well as > > local > > network storage on my LAN automatically daily and synchronize files between > > my > > laptop and desktop with Unison whenever they are connected so there are > > always > > multiple copies of my most recent datafile. My NAS is separately backedp up > > to > > cloud storage. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
