It is, however, possible to use relative paths to the linked files. Then they should be accessible on any machine as long as the root path is set appropriately on each.
Cheers, Brook > On Nov 8, 2024, at 9:50 AM, Bruce Griffis <bruce.grif...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for letting me know. I share my GnuCash file between an Ubuntu > desktop and a Win11 laptop and rsync it to a Raspberry Pi SAMBA server. > Looks like that would not be a good option for me > > On Fri, Nov 8, 2024, 11:31 AM Tom Balazs <tom123onl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> If I get receipts e-mailed, is there a way to link them to an expense or >> asset? >> >> GnuCash has a way to link a digital file to a transaction. >> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgnucash.org%2Fdocs%2Fv5%2FC%2Fgnucash-manual%2Ftrans-assoc.html&data=05%7C02%7Cbrook%40biology.nmsu.edu%7C2aa5813fe7a1485c2d4508dd0015795a%7Ca3ec87a89fb84158ba8ff11bace1ebaa%7C1%7C0%7C638666814443376337%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=jP0zwYS3wwD8Q7VRE85l1Biv2%2BXgBjzqDWDRy3tJU04%3D&reserved=0 >> >> But it's not reliable. As soon as you change the file name, or the name of >> the folder, or move the folder the association is broken. I wonder how many >> people meticulously linked documents to transactions and then later found >> all those links were broken. >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.gnucash.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fgnucash-user&data=05%7C02%7Cbrook%40biology.nmsu.edu%7C2aa5813fe7a1485c2d4508dd0015795a%7Ca3ec87a89fb84158ba8ff11bace1ebaa%7C1%7C0%7C638666814443376337%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=flPr32PU7qm5FZHb2iKVxTvE1yJ6gGxglw9UaKUcPuo%3D&reserved=0 >> ----- >> 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://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.gnucash.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fgnucash-user&data=05%7C02%7Cbrook%40biology.nmsu.edu%7C2aa5813fe7a1485c2d4508dd0015795a%7Ca3ec87a89fb84158ba8ff11bace1ebaa%7C1%7C0%7C638666814443376337%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=flPr32PU7qm5FZHb2iKVxTvE1yJ6gGxglw9UaKUcPuo%3D&reserved=0 > ----- > 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
