I have 3 separate gnucash data files. I never open gnucash rather I click on (or have link/shortcut to the data file. That way, I can have the data file links where they are easy to get to.
Bruce On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 11:37 AM Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 12:24:32PM -0400, David T. wrote: > > On April 26, 2022 11:25:02 AM EDT, Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > > I have several gnucash accounts files (sqlite databases in my case) > > > spread around my system. When I go to a specific directory and run > > > GnuCash I just want it to see only the database[s] in that directory. > > > Is there a way I can tell gnucash to forget about all previous files > > > it has opened? As it is I get presented with a 'memory' of other > > > accounts which can be very confusing unless I'm very careful with file > > > naming. > > > The --nofile option tells gnucash not to open the last accounts > > > database, it helps a little, but I really want it to forget more! > > > > I'm not certain what has you confused, but if you need each file to > > have its own existence, you might have to create separate OS logins > for > > each. > > > Seriously?! Do you really mean that I should create a different user > for each GnuCash account? That seems a very clumsy way to handle more > than one account. > > What 'has me confused' is the way that GnuCash by default opens the > last account I was looking at. In nine cases out of ten that's just > what I don't want it to do, why else would I have exited GnuCash and > moved to another directory? > > My ideal would be for GnuCash to look for account files in the current > directory, if there is only one then open that one, if there are more > then offer me a list to choose from. I can write myself a little > wrapper script to do this but I don't find other programs need this. > Many other programs do have a 'recently opened' option but they don't > automatically open the last opened file. ... and, as I pointed out, > using the --nofile option prevents GnuCash from opening any file, you > have to select the file after starting GnuCash. > > > -- > Chris Green > _______________________________________________ > 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.
