Thank you, in that case is there documentation on the command line switches?
On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 6:06 PM John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > > > On Apr 22, 2021, at 2:30 PM, Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > > > > That is very VERY odd. It works for me. I wonder if this is a Windows > bug? > > Not odd at all, and not a bug in the sense that Microsoft did it on > purpose [1]. Windows executables have a couple of bytes in their preambles > that say what type they are. Console apps have stdin, stdout, and stderr > and so they require a shell window of some sort (CMD and Powershell being > the most common) and will open one for you if you launch them from Windows > File Explorer. The others redirect the basic FDs to NULL and so they don't > need a shell window. gnucash is a Windows program (no basic FDs) and > gnucash-cli is a Console program (has basic FDs). > > Regards, > John Ralls > > [1] > https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie11-iewindows_10/what-is-difference-between-console-application/f8bd3d4f-7c2c-4c86-a64b-41a046a38be4 _______________________________________________ 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.
