On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 7:59 AM Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On 8/10/2024 10:15 PM, R Losey wrote: > > > > > 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. > > And you misunderstood me also. > > I was not asking what software you were using to do the backup as much > as how you invoked that software. And THAT does makes OS, relevant, for > example: > > I would not expect a typical Windows user to be using scripts. But I > would expect a typical 'nix user to be doing that or at least be willing > to learn how. So...... > > If the script NOW (when executed) runs the backup not a big deal to make > that first run the find and move script and then the backup part. > > Michael D Novack > Fair enough, but it's still not what I was after. I could easily write a cron job to move the working files each day before the sync job runs, but before I did that, it would be easier to exclude the working files from the sync job, which is what I did. The backup/sync is a gui that is scheduled to run in the wee hours. I supposed it could be invoked by a script; I don't know. I started to exclude files, and then thought that perhaps there is a way to specify the directory for those "working" files, so I asked. Once I learned that there wasn't, I continued with the task of excluding them... I checked the next run, and it's working correctly. 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.
