Re: [GNC] Old book not opening

2023-11-13 Thread Maf. King
On Monday, 13 November 2023 07:51:20 GMT Liz wrote: > On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 08:45:20 -0500 > > Ken Farley wrote: > > The files you want to open have names of the format " > Name>.gnucash". You need to find those files, without the .gcm or any > > Name> > > other suffix. > > A very old Gnucash file

Re: [GNC] Old book not opening

2023-11-12 Thread Liz
On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 08:45:20 -0500 Ken Farley wrote: > The files you want to open have names of the format " Name>.gnucash". You need to find those files, without the .gcm or any > Name> > other suffix. A very old Gnucash file will not have a suffix. Examples Current file name accounts.gnuca

Re: [GNC] Old book not opening

2023-11-12 Thread Tom Browder
On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 09:18 Phil Reynolds wrote: ... What OS are you running? I have not seen any complete or partial path name to the files you mention you are looking for. If you are running Linux or MacOS, 'updatedb', 'locate', and 'git' are good friends to have. I you are running Windows,

Re: [GNC] Old book not opening

2023-11-12 Thread Phil Reynolds
On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 08:45:20 -0500 Ken Farley wrote: > The files you want to open have names of the format " Name>.gnucash". You need to find those files, without the .gcm or any > Name> > other suffix. Ah, all understood now. Unfortunately it did turn out to be the wrong book. I know what was

Re: [GNC] Old book not opening

2023-11-12 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 11/12/2023 8:45 AM, Ken Farley wrote: I'm using Gnucash on Mac OS, but I would think the file locations are used for the same functions. The directory for "books" on my machine is "~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/books". Different location, same purpose. This directory contains a bunch

Re: [GNC] Old book not opening

2023-11-12 Thread Mark Penner via gnucash-user
On Sunday, November 12, 2023 7:17:21 AM CST Phil Reynolds wrote: > "No suitable backend was found" If it is a SQLite file, you need to have `libdbd-sqlite3` installed. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription

Re: [GNC] Old book not opening

2023-11-12 Thread Ken Farley
I'm using Gnucash on Mac OS, but I would think the file locations are used for the same functions. The directory for "books" on my machine is "~/Library/Application Support/Gnucash/books". Different location, same purpose. This directory contains a bunch of files with names like Name>.gnucash.gc

Re: [GNC] Old book not opening

2023-11-12 Thread Phil Reynolds
On Sat, 11 Nov 2023 10:53:44 -0500 Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > On 11/10/2023 8:55 PM, Phil Reynolds wrote: > > I am about to start using gnucash again after giving up a few years > > ago (for personal reasons). However, I want to reopen my old > > accounts to get the figure I was owed. I can

Re: [GNC] Old book not opening

2023-11-11 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 11/10/2023 8:55 PM, Phil Reynolds wrote: I am about to start using gnucash again after giving up a few years ago (for personal reasons). However, I want to reopen my old accounts to get the figure I was owed. I can see my old files, but gnucash as supplied in Debian 12 does not seem to be able

[GNC] Old book not opening

2023-11-10 Thread Phil Reynolds
I am about to start using gnucash again after giving up a few years ago (for personal reasons). However, I want to reopen my old accounts to get the figure I was owed. I can see my old files, but gnucash as supplied in Debian 12 does not seem to be able to open them in any way. Can someone possibl