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Bug 619119 - Can we write log files into seperate directory?
Can we write log files into seperate directory?
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: General
git-master
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Andreas Köhler
Andreas Köhler
: 527432 601154 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-05-19 19:13 UTC by Tao Wang
Modified: 2018-06-29 22:39 UTC
See Also:
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Description Tao Wang 2010-05-19 19:13:58 UTC 
Hi,

I used GnuCash for sometimes, and found it generates a lot log files(XXXX.xml.2010*.txt or .xac) in the same directory of my account data file. I have 3 account data file for different purpose, When I look the directory, it's not easily to locate my data file.

Could you let gnucash write those log files into seperate directory?

For example, my data file is on 'accounting' directory, and file name is 'mydata.xml'. Then create a directory 'accounting/mydata.xml.log/', and write all log files into that folder. It will make the account data folder much clean.

Thanks.
Comment 1 Christian Stimming 2010-12-31 11:49:05 UTC 
*** Bug 527432 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Christian Stimming 2010-12-31 11:49:15 UTC 
*** Bug 601154 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 smconvey 2017-03-16 19:17:57 UTC 
The following files are in the "books" directory:

Name.YYYYMMDDXXXXXX.gnucash
Name.YYYYMMDDXXXXXX.gnucash.YYYYMMDDXXXXXX.log
Name.YYYYMMDDXXXXXX.gnucash.YYYYMMDDXXXXXX.gnucash

Is there a way to configure either of the following?
1) each file type to be in a separate directory. 
2) the most recent of each to be in one directory and the remaining to be in a "books archive" directory

Having all these filed jumbled together is not user friendly.
Comment 4 John Ralls 2018-06-29 22:39:38 UTC 
GnuCash bug tracking has moved to a new Bugzilla host. The new URL for this bug is https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=619119. Please continue processing the bug there and please update any external references or bookmarks.