On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 2:26 PM Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
> >> 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? > >> > >> 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. > > What is your OS and what script controlling the backup? > > Is there a way that these working files can be created in a separate > directory? and is there a way these working files could be found and > moved to a separate directory prior to the backup? are different questions. > > Michael D Novack > > PS -- ideally the shell script that does the move should first check for > the existence of the "to" directory and if not found, create it. Then > works first time run. > You misunderstood. I don't want a script to move the working files - I was wondering if there were some setting that would put the working files (the temporary .gnucash file and the logs) in a separate directory. It turns out there isn't, so I'll have to exclude the files using the backup software. I didn't specify the software, as I was NOT asking how to configure it to exclude files. Thanks! _________________________________ 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.
