[GNC] How do I do a back up of Gnucash?

[halatch1008 via gnucash-user]

Could someone write a step by step of Instruction on how to Back up all my 
Gnucash files together with the program, in case my computer dies.Thanks,Heidi 
LatchSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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in my business folder need to be backed      up? (R Losey)   2. Re:  ANNOUNCE: 
GnuCash 5.9 Released (R Losey)   3. Re:  ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.9 Released (R 
Losey)   4. Re:  Reconciling duplicate entries of same transaction (R 
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 1Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:06:00 -0500From: R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com>To: Dan 
a1TNC <d...@a1tnc.com>Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.orgSubject: Re: [GNC] What files 
in my in my business folder need to be      backed up?Message-ID:   
<CAGQ=Fyh6qg72m4GodKODbti_nBMk71ogq-=H7XvC7Sc9oBB-=g...@mail.gmail.com>Content-Type:
 text/plain; charset="UTF-8"What to back up in part is a factor of how hard it 
would be to re-createthe data if lost...Family pictures with kids when they 
were young, or of relatives who are nolonger around are irreplaceable, and thus 
are VERY important to have thesevery secure. A picture of a local attraction 
that is still there -- well,if the picture is lost, you can take another one.In 
the matter of GnuCash, the absolutely must back up is the data file withthe 
transactions, since this would incredibly difficult (if not impossible)to 
re-create.  Most of us don't need to back up the backup files or the 
logfiles.But then there are the in-between files: any saved report 
configurationsand your GnuCash preferences. If these were lost, they could be 
redone, butit may be a level of inconvenience.  I was zealously backing up my 
datafile, and didn't even think about my preferences or saved report 
files...the computer died and I lost those.  But since the preferences were 
mine, Ijust re-tweaked GnuCash on the new computer to be how I wanted it. 
Thereports I lost were more irksome, but I was also able to re-create them.They 
are backed up now, but still not with the same level of assurance asthe data 
file is backed up.As another user wrote, the documentation is good about where 
these threethings can be found.On Sat, Oct 12, 2024 at 11:50?AM Dan a1TNC 
<d...@a1tnc.com> wrote:> What files in my in my business folder  need to be 
backed up?>> I'm running my Gnu Cash on a windows machine which have to be 
stored on the> local drive. Backing up the needed files in case of computer 
failure is> always a good practice. I have been learning how to use GnuC and 
found the> files there are better than 100 files for 4 days of use. Will the 
last Text> file and the last "GNUCash Financial Data" file be all I need to 
copy to a> cloud? Or do I need to copy all of them?>>>> Thx in advance>>>>>> 
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Loseyrlosey@gmail.comMicah 6:8------------------------------Message: 2Date: 
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:09:15 -0500From: R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com>To: Boniforti 
Flavio <bonifort...@gmail.com>Cc: adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net, 
gnucash-user@lists.gnucash.orgSubject: Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.9 
ReleasedMessage-ID:        
<CAGQ=fygdf3uf8xehb8wdrdcbfxyof2-ysorblzqsvf6givf...@mail.gmail.com>Content-Type:
 text/plain; charset="UTF-8"You can't get it from gnucash.org?On Sun, Oct 13, 
2024 at 5:44?AM Boniforti Flavio <bonifort...@gmail.com>wrote:> Hi all.> Does 
anybody know when the latest 5.9 release will be available for Windows> via 
winget?> F.>> Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> schrieb am 
So., 13.> Okt.> 2024, 03:20:>> > Joseph,> >> > Those are the direct download 
links in the e-mail, which eventually> > appear on the website. They usually 
are already there by the time this> > announcement goes out, but occasionally, 
like this instance, the update> > of those links don't go through properly.> >> 
> Regards,> > Adrien> >> > On 9/30/24 1:27 AM, Joseph Keithley wrote:> > > Not 
to put to fine a point on it, why then have a central website that> > > doesn't 
provide the most current stable relesase?  And, no, I don't> read> > > entire 
messasges that do little more than list bug fixes just to find> > more> > > 
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Loseyrlosey@gmail.comMicah 6:8------------------------------Message: 3Date: 
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:10:29 -0500From: R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com>To: Boniforti 
Flavio <bonifort...@gmail.com>Cc: sunfis...@yahoo.com, 
gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org,  Adrien  Monteleone 
<adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net>Subject: Re: [GNC] ANNOUNCE: GnuCash 5.9 
ReleasedMessage-ID: 
<CAGQ=Fyjkg+eW7e5kW91ptA9YS5_1+fL=cv1i_psnjubhx3a...@mail.gmail.com>Content-Type:
 text/plain; charset="UTF-8"But since you are on this email list, you will be 
notified of updates andcan install them... that would probably work better than 
relying onMicrosoft.On Sun, Oct 13, 2024 at 10:08?AM Boniforti Flavio 
<bonifort...@gmail.com>wrote:> Simply because I rely on winget to keep all my 
applications updated.> F.>> sunfis...@yahoo.com <sunfis...@yahoo.com> schrieb 
am So., 13. Okt. 2024,> 16:24:>> > Perhaps I should be a little verbose, and 
say that GnuCash has its own> > installation package available at 
www.gnucash.org. I'm not exactly sure> > why you'd need to use a package 
manager to install it.> >> > David T.> > On Oct 13, 2024, at 5:20?PM, 
"sunfis...@yahoo.com" <sunfis...@yahoo.com>> > wrote:> >>> >> Try 
www.gnucash.org> >>> >> David T.> >> On Oct 13, 2024, at 1:45?PM, Boniforti 
Flavio <bonifort...@gmail.com>> >> wrote:> >>>> >>> Hi all.> >>> Does anybody 
know when the latest 5.9 release will be available for> Windows> >>> via 
winget?> >>> F.> >>>> >>> Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> 
schrieb am So.,> 13. Okt.> >>> 2024, 03:20:> >>>> >>>  Joseph,> >>>>> >>>>  
Those are the direct download links in the e-mail, which eventually> >>>>  
appear on the website. They usually are already there by the time> this> >>>>  
announcement goes out, but occasionally, like this instance, the> update> >>>>  
of those links don't go through properly.> >>>>> >>>>  Regards,> >>>>  Adrien> 
>>>>> >>>>  On 9/30/24 1:27 AM, Joseph Keithley wrote:> >>>>> >>>>>  Not to put 
to fine a point on it, why then have a central website> that> >>>>>  doesn't 
provide the most current stable relesase?  And, no, I don't> read> >>>>>  
entire messasges that do little more than list bug fixes just to> find> >>>>>> 
>>>>  more> >>>>> >>>>>  websites.> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> 
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Loseyrlosey@gmail.comMicah 6:8------------------------------Message: 4Date: 
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:17:34 -0500From: R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com>To: 
Stephen.M.Butler51@gmail.comCc: gnucash-user@gnucash.orgSubject: Re: [GNC] 
Reconciling duplicate entries of same transactionMessage-ID:    
<CAGQ=fyiwdb5805dtpqrba6fhlfhdg7_nhx19r2thw3gkvu3...@mail.gmail.com>Content-Type:
 text/plain; charset="UTF-8"While I'm a bit puzzled as to how duplicate 
transactions were reconciled,you can always adopt the old-fashioned accounting 
practice of neverdeleting anything and add in reconciliation entries to reverse 
anyduplicates you find... for example, if you have two duplicategrocery entries 
for $100, you could add a Debit ("Payment" if not usingformal accounting 
labels) on the credit card... if you give it a usefulDescription like 
"CORRECTION - Store Name" with a Notes entry that this isto back out a 
duplicate translation, that should also work fine.On Sun, Oct 13, 2024 at 
1:10?PM Stephen M. Butler <kg...@arrl.net> wrote:> On 10/13/24 11:00, Art 
Chimes wrote:> > A credit card reconciliation has given me a discrepancy of 
several> > hundred dollars. The account was reconciled a month or two ago, but> 
> the I couldn?t get the latest statement to work. So I have laboriously> > 
been working my way backwards to see where the problem(s) lie.> >> > I was 
embarrassed to discover two transactions from recent months that> > were each 
entered twice. In neither case, fortunately, did I actually> > double-pay.> 
Hey, you found them!  I've had situations where I have accidentally> deleted 
already reconciled transactions.  Took a little longer to figure> that out.>> 
<<snip>>> > Also, am I correct in thinking that if the most current (bank)> > 
statement reconciles, that constitutes a reconciled account, even if> > getting 
there is a rocky road?> That is correct.  You can even add in a muddy road -- 
as long as you get> to the reconciled state and can show reasonable steps to 
get there.>> --Steve> _______________________________________________> 
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