On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 18:25, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > Nevermind. I got lost in the thicket. > > I see a message now that you already eliminated DropBox as the problem > because there are local paths that won’t save either.
I didn't see that, I can't see where it was mentioned. Colin > > Sorry for the noise. > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Apr 11, 2019, at 12:14 PM, Adrien Monteleone > > <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > > > Colin, > > > > This is what I understood as the point to test some messages ago. > > > > Greg, > > > > Several messages back someone mentioned needing to install the DropBox > > client to get real paths as opposed to some mapped paths. The reason for > > this is the mapped paths (which are displayed as real paths instead) are > > insanely longer than the real ones. (ostensibly using some sort of UUID in > > place of each path node) If you use the client, you’ll be using the real > > displayed paths that you see. The premise is that while DropBox is showing > > you what you think is the path, it is reporting something else to GnuCash. > > The path is being garbled by the error message because of non-standard > > characters in the mapped path from DropBox. > > > > So the problem *might* be resolved, (or at least pinpointed) by showing > > FULL paths, because that would show you the path you think you are > > accessing isn’t really that short, it is MUCH longer. > > > > Of course, this might not resolve the problem, but eliminating > > possibilities is part of chasing bugs. If you do have the desktop client > > installed, then you still have another problem, or you indeed found a bug. > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > > >> On Apr 11, 2019, at 10:58 AM, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> And, to continue, I hit reply too soon. It is the actual path that > >> gnucash sees not the mirage, so potentially something in the actual > >> path is confusing GC. > >> > >> Colin > >> > >> On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 16:55, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> In that case I misunderstood. I thought the point was that Dropbox > >>> does some clever path mapping that makes it look as if the file is at > >>> the location you see in the browser, but actually that is a mirage. > >>> It is actually somewhere else entirely. > >>> > >>> Colin > >>> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
