I thought I understood how to do this but I am confused - trying to run Gnucash
on second computer and having access to the same data file. I thought I was
keeping my data file on Dropbox - that is the one I open and enter data. When I
go to secondary computer and open Gnucash the file has not b
t;
and will overwrite all changes made on earlier writes.
Good Luck,
-derek
On Thu, August 1, 2019 3:08 pm, Bob Sisk wrote:
Thanks Derek - how do I designate Dropbox to be my main data file? Is it
stored somewhere by default within Gnucash? When I got my new laptop I
clicked into a data file
is
FileName.gnucash.MMDDHHMMSS.gnucash means you are using a backup file.
If you're using DROPBOX... *THAT* could be the problem. It could be that
there is a problem creating or deleting the lock file.
-derek
On Thu, August 1, 2019 2:49 pm, Bob Sisk wrote:
That is not my backup. I am
GnuCash could not obtain the lock for
file:///home/bob/Dropbox/gnucash_data/GreenGrillsData.gnucash.20180825170527.gnucash.20190706140712.gnucash.
I get the above message when trying to open Gnucash. I click "open
anyway" and it seems normal. What is causing this and what should I do?
I am run
which may or may not be possible depending on your OS)
-derek
On Wed, July 17, 2019 2:54 pm, Bob Sisk wrote:
Can I set up Gnucash for separate accounts, as an example, more than one
business account and a separate personal account with a totally separate
set of data files for each to keep up wit
Can I set up Gnucash for separate accounts, as an example, more than one
business account and a separate personal account with a totally separate
set of data files for each to keep up with finances?
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/Robert Sisk
sisk@gmail.com
(210)716-6400/
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