On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 1:12 PM Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) < stan...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> > > On 2024-08-10 09:45, R Losey wrote: > > I haven't done a lot of customization with my GnuCash system. > > > > My data file - MyData.gnucash is in the same directory as what I call the > > "working" files -- the MyData.gnucash.<timestamp>.gnucash and the > > MyData.gnucash.<timestamp>.log files. > > > > Is there some way that these working files can be created in a separate > > directory? > > No. It's been discussed many times, and I assume someone has entered an > enhancement request, but there's been no change. > > You can control those files by setting a preference for when to > auto-purge them: Edit » Preferences » General. > > > I am backing up the GnuCash data directory, but in reality, all I really > > need to backup is my GnuCash file - all of these working files are > > just taking up space on the backup media. > > So don't back them up. I don't. You didn't say what backup technique or > software you're using, but it should certainly have a way to exclude > files from backup. I exclude *gnucash*gnucash and *gnucash*log. Another > approach would be to back up only designated file MyData.gnucash. > > Yes, that is the alternative - but it would be easier to create a directory for these working files and then just exclude that directory. Yes, I know about the auto-purge, and have it set... but because I'm using a Sync style backup, the backup media keeps any file ever copied to it, so it has files going back a long time (well, "had", as I cleaned out the backup media) -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ 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.
