On Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:39:39 -0700 Jim DeLaHunt <list+gnuc...@jdlh.com> wrote:
> GnuCash ships with Helper Scripts which make it easier to work with > Finance::Quote. They are: gnc-fq-check, gnc-fq-dump, gnc-fq-helper, > and gnc-fq-update. Collectively, call them gc-fq-* . > > When running these Helper Scripts from a command prompt on MacOS and > Linux, should they invoked as commands: > > % gnc-fq-check > > Or should they be invoked as an argument to a perl command: > > % perl gnc-fq-check > > ? > > The wiki page > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes#Helper_Scripts says, > pretty clearly, the former: > > "While unixoid operating systems use a shebang (#!) to associate perl > scripts with the Perl interpreter, others, e.g. Windows, will fail…. > C:\> gnc-fq-check [fails]… > so use the following: … Prefix any gnc-fq-xxx perl script command > with perl and a space: … > perl gnc-fq-check …" > > The perl invocation is described as a workaround needed on Windows > because the shebang doesn't work. All the other examples show > invocation as a command, e.g. > > $ gnc-fq-check > > This makes a difference on Unixoid systems when there are multiple > Perl installations. Presumably command invocation of the helper > scripts will always obey the shebang and thus always run the same > Perl installation. But invocation as an argument to "perl" will run > whichever Perl installation the environment dictates. > > Am I correct in guessing that GnuCash 4.5 internally invokes these > scripts (maybe just gnc-fq-helper) as an argument to a perl command? > > If so, should the wiki page > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes use the same invocation? > > Best regards, > —Jim DeLaHunt > I don't know the answer, but I think that if you could write it out for the wiki it would be good long term recording. Liz _______________________________________________ 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.
