Re: [GNC] Relocating user specific application data to another directory

2019-09-29 Thread mark101
Hi Geert Since my last post, and after scouring the forums, I've had some success. I found that the following syntax worked in relocating my user data/config files to: C:\Users\Mark\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash\GnuCash GNC_DATA_HOME={Appdata}/Gnucash/GnuCash GNC_CONFIG_HOME={Appdata}/Gnucash/GnuCash H

Re: [GNC] Relocating user specific application data to another directory

2019-09-28 Thread mark101
Hi Geert Following your post I did the following: - Firstly, I created the following directory in my Windows system to simplify the re-location path: C:\Users\Mark\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash\GnuCash - I then edited my 'enviroment.local' file, using both GNC_DATA_HOME and GNC_CONFIG_HOME as you advise

Re: [GNC] Relocating user specific application data to another directory

2019-09-27 Thread mark101
Thanks Adrien for your reply. Yes, in Windows, the financial data file (e.g johndoe.gnucash) is easily saved in the location of choice. What I want to work out is how to relocate (migrate) the user data files (particularly the 'saved-reports' file), which in my Windows 10, are in their default di

[GNC] Relocating user specific application data to another directory

2019-09-27 Thread mark101
Hi For easier backup, I wish to relocate my user specific application data in the default directory to another directory on my PC. My operating system is Windows 10 and I’m using Gnucash v3.7. Documentation suggests this can be achieved by creating an 'environment.local' file in the same location