Re: Lost my gramps data base ... help!

The SQLite database is not something that is usually part of your routine OS based backup. The database files are too fragile & constantly changing. That's why Gramps has a compressed XML format keyed off a timer-based backup & upon closing the application. That file format is more robust & compact. 

So do not bother looking for the .db files... look for the .gramps or .gpkg files instead. The paths to you backup files (and the database files) is a Preferences setting. But if you hadn't changed those, you should be able to just open Gramps & look in Preferences to find the paths. Look in the Family Tree tab. 

https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Settings#Family_Tree

If you changed those paths, then you've got to play a game of hide&seek. 

-Brian 
 
  On Sun, Jan 30, 2022 at 17:14, Glenn McK<[email protected]> wrote:   Did you backup the dot directory; ie:  ~/.gramps. That's where the
configs and other important stuff are

~/.gramps/gramps51/gramps.ini

grep gramps51/gramps.ini -e backup-path

or view gramps.ini in a text editor and see where various preferences
were set to.

The database should be at...
~/.gramps/grampsdb

grep gramps51/gramps.ini -e recent-file
should return the last entry database used. (previous versions will be
in that directory.)

On 31/01/2022, John Sibert <[email protected]> wrote:
> Linux Mint 20.3 Una
> gramps 5.1.1
>
> Alas, I managed to delete my home directly, completely. I was the only
> user with root privileges and was unable to effectively fix anything. So
> after a long struggle session, committed upgrade on my OS and went from
> Mint 19.3 to 10.3 (something I had been planning to do anyhow). I keep
> habitual backups on an external NAS drive and was able to recover most
> of the deleted files. I installed a fresh copy of gramps, but was unable
> to recover my data base. All of the media files seem to be pesent, but I
> can find no trace of the sql database. I did backups two days before I
> lost anything, but they were media backups, hence no database. I did
> find an older file, Sibert-2019-2019-09-19-12-04-49.gramps, and imported
> it into gramps, but it is two year out of date.
>
> One of several questions I have is where (ie directory and file) does
> gramps write data when you "Quit" a gramps session?
>
> I have a couple of suggestions that might help other gramps users avoid
> this dilemma, but I would really like to restore my database first.
>
> Any help would be gratefully received and rewarded with beer points.
>
> Regards,
> John
>
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