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While moving the file is the leading cause of corruption, apparently there are other less frequent causes that we don't fully know. So preventing corruption is not always possible.
What is possible though is to backup the data regularly. The backups should be in XML format (the <code>.gramps</code> format). XML is machine- and human-readable. It is completely self-sufficient. It is also smalllsmall. Following The following are the good practices of backups:
# Export to XML from time to time, especially after large edits.
# Export to XML before making big changes, such as importing new data into an existing database from e.g. GEDCOM; merging records; running tools that may heavily modify the data etc.
