Chris, If you start multiple programs from the directory a set of bash scripts which change to the appropriate directory and run the set of programs for each set of books you work on might be useful. You could launch the scipts from either the Ubuntu menu or from desktop launchers.
David Cousens On Wed, 2022-04-27 at 09:13 +0100, Chris Green wrote: > On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 07:49:02PM -0600, brad wrote: > > On 4/26/22 09:25, Chris Green 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 clear on what the problem is (unless you're on a Mac). > > On my system (linux), In the file manager, navigate to the folder, find the > > file you want to open, and double click it. It only opens that database. > > What's confusing? > > > I don't use GUI file manager (well, very rarely), I tend to 'cd' in a > terminal window to the directory where the files I want to use are and > then run the various programs I need to do things to those files. The > GnuCash file is just one of those files. > _______________________________________________ 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.
