Well, that's a start... what kind of backup program do you have? Oh, and please ensure that you do a reply-all so that the conversation goes out to the community; it may help others, and I make some errors that the community would catch and correct.
I thought that someone had pointed to a section of the manual or somewhere that listed the files that should be backed up. Richard On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 10:09 PM halatch1008 <halatch1...@comcast.net> wrote: > I have Windows. The" Get help" section of Gnucash is No help at all in > explaining how to do a back up > Heidi > > > > Sent from myerizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com> > Date: 10/16/24 4:47 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: halatch1008 <halatch1...@comcast.net> > Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] How do I do a back up of Gnucash? > > This is not easy because of the following: > 1) There are a multitude of ways to backup data; the "step by step" way I > set up my backups may not match your backup program. Moreover, Mac has > different tools that Windows than Linux - on Macs, the "Time Machine" comes > with Macs and is pretty common, but Windows and Linux have a wide variety > of backup programs. > > 2) The main GnuCash data file name is determined by each user; mine could > be "MyFinances.gnucash", yours may be "HeidiMoney.gnucash". The name is > normally "<CustomName>.gnucash"... this is again difficult to put in a > step-by-step procedure. > > 3) GnuCash's help files does have a section on which files need to be > backed up that has been previously referenced. I skip this because the > other files are kept in a subdirectory of my home directory, and that is > backed up on the different computers I have. > > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 7:59 AM halatch1008 via gnucash-user < > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > >> 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 > > > _________________________________ > Richard Losey > rlo...@gmail.com > Micah 6:8 > -- _________________________________ 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.
