Bug 470988

Summary:	Back up numbers and location
Product:	[Applications] kmymoney	Reporter:	Michael Goodson <imgin3d>
Component:	file	Assignee:	KMyMoney Devel Mailing List <kmymoney-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.1.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Michael Goodson 2023-06-13 18:52:46 UTC

First off, I really like kmymoney.  Thanks for all the hard work developing it. Great job.

Just a little wish list item(s). For the autosave/backups.  It would be nice to only save one backup per session (so 10 backups would be the last 10 sessions, not just all the ones every 10 minutes) and it would also be great to specify where the backups are stored. 

Again, both of those are seriously no big deal.  Thanks again.  --Michael

Comment 1 Jack 2023-06-13 20:44:31 UTC

First, autosave and save are different from backup.
Backup is not automatic, but you do get to specify the location.
When you do an explicit save, it is basically the same save as the autosave, so if  you just save the file once at the end of each session, you should have the last 10 versions of the data file.  Also, checking the "Autosave when file is modified on close" should do exactly the same thing.
Note that all those saved and autosaved files are all in the same folder as the main data file.  
Given that information, can you be more specific about what you are requesting?  I suppose I can see the use of a "Backup on close" (or maybe 'Backup on start") to assure one copy backed up per session.

Comment 2 Thomas Baumgart 2024-07-14 14:05:26 UTC

Some information was asked but never received. So I set the status accordingly.

Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2024-07-29 03:46:07 UTC

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Comment 4 Michael Goodson 2024-07-29 03:51:31 UTC

Sorry I didn't reply.  Jack's information cleared up my misunderstanding about autosaves and backups.  Both work as expected and are exactly what I was asking for. Thanks, again.