David C.,
It is apparently my mistake, but I understood the “--nofile” command line
argument to mean “Open GnuCash with no file.”
As in: No. File. Nothing. And if I have Nothing in my file, what, pray tell, is
there to save?
David T.
P.S. — For yucks, I executed “Gnucash --nofile” and immediately saved “Nofile”
and opened it in a text editor. Here it is, creating the root account without a
file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<gnc-v2
xmlns:gnc="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/gnc <http://www.gnucash.org/XML/gnc>"
xmlns:act="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/act <http://www.gnucash.org/XML/act>"
xmlns:book="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/book
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/book>"
xmlns:cd="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/cd <http://www.gnucash.org/XML/cd>"
xmlns:cmdty="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/cmdty
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/cmdty>"
xmlns:price="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/price
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/price>"
xmlns:slot="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/slot
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/slot>"
xmlns:split="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/split
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/split>"
xmlns:sx="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/sx <http://www.gnucash.org/XML/sx>"
xmlns:trn="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/trn <http://www.gnucash.org/XML/trn>"
xmlns:ts="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/ts <http://www.gnucash.org/XML/ts>"
xmlns:fs="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/fs <http://www.gnucash.org/XML/fs>"
xmlns:bgt="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/bgt <http://www.gnucash.org/XML/bgt>"
xmlns:recurrence="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/recurrence
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/recurrence>"
xmlns:lot="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/lot <http://www.gnucash.org/XML/lot>"
xmlns:addr="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/addr
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/addr>"
xmlns:owner="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/owner
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/owner>"
xmlns:billterm="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/billterm
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/billterm>"
xmlns:bt-days="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/bt-days
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/bt-days>"
xmlns:bt-prox="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/bt-prox
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/bt-prox>"
xmlns:cust="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/cust
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/cust>"
xmlns:employee="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/employee
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/employee>"
xmlns:entry="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/entry
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/entry>"
xmlns:invoice="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/invoice
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/invoice>"
xmlns:job="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/job <http://www.gnucash.org/XML/job>"
xmlns:order="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/order
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/order>"
xmlns:taxtable="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/taxtable
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/taxtable>"
xmlns:tte="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/tte <http://www.gnucash.org/XML/tte>"
xmlns:vendor="http://www.gnucash.org/XML/vendor
<http://www.gnucash.org/XML/vendor>">
<gnc:count-data cd:type="book">1</gnc:count-data>
<gnc:book version="2.0.0">
<book:id type="guid">a75807d572ced056657e14cf61730861</book:id>
<gnc:count-data cd:type="commodity">1</gnc:count-data>
<gnc:count-data cd:type="account">1</gnc:count-data>
<gnc:commodity version="2.0.0">
<cmdty:space>template</cmdty:space>
<cmdty:id>template</cmdty:id>
<cmdty:name>template</cmdty:name>
<cmdty:xcode>template</cmdty:xcode>
<cmdty:fraction>1</cmdty:fraction>
</gnc:commodity>
<gnc:account version="2.0.0">
<act:name>Root Account</act:name>
<act:id type="guid">27174afb49511a6a82c3da7274337c90</act:id>
<act:type>ROOT</act:type>
</gnc:account>
</gnc:book>
</gnc-v2>
<!-- Local variables: -->
<!-- mode: xml -->
<!-- End: -->
> On Feb 3, 2018, at 7:03 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com
> <mailto:david.carlson....@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> BTW, I am running 2.6.18 in windows and I do not recall the warning referring
> to any changes.
>
> David C
>
> On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 7:54 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com
> <mailto:david.carlson....@gmail.com>> wrote:
> I just had that experience as I was not logged in to my file server when I
> started GnuCash and I still think that my earlier comment is true. GnuCash
> is offering to save the empty file. The interesting thing, though, is that
> because the file was unnamed it did not have a asterisk in the filename space
> on the top banner.
>
> David C
>
> On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 7:41 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com
> <mailto:david.carlson....@gmail.com>> wrote:
> David,
>
> I think that a non-existent file with no data is not the same as a file that
> has been created with no data. A created file has some structure and some
> defaults set. GnuCash is thus saying that it is not a properly saved file
> with no data.
>
> David C
>
> On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 1:56 AM, David T. via gnucash-devel
> <gnucash-devel@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-devel@gnucash.org>> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When I open GnuCash with no file (i.e., “gnucash --nofile”), I find that if I
> immediately attempt to open a different file or exit the program altogether
> (i.e., without doing anything to the current session), I am warned that all
> changes to the current file will be lost. Given that I: a) have made no
> changes, and b) have “nofile” open at the time, this dialog is absurd.
>
> GnuCash should NOT consider “nofile” to be dirty, and thus should NOT ask
> that I save “nofile”. I don’t see any bugs filed for this.
>
> David
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