[gnucash-de] config.user: format of paths on Windows system

Nathan Buchanan nbinont at gmail.com
So Feb 17 17:39:56 EST 2008


I doubt windows likes the double slash...try c:\path.... instead.

On Feb 17, 2008 4:18 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:

> At Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:14:22 +0100 Jannick Asmus <jannick.news at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am encountering problems running the following config.user-file on
> > WinXP together with GC v2.2.3. The problem is that additional tools do
> > not show up as they are supposed to be.
> >
> > Here is the config-file saved in .gnucash:
> > _____________________
> > (printf "Start config.user\n")
> >
> > (define ibr-menu-created #f)
> >
> > (let (
> >               (path ("C://Dokumente und
> > Einstellungen/user/.gnucash/ibr-gnc-module.scm"))
> >       )
> >       (printf "config.user: loading %s ...\n" path)
> >       (load path)
> > )
> >
> > (printf "End config.user\n")
> > _______________________
> >
> > The file stems from http://www.ibrieger.de/misc/linux/gnucash/index.html
> > where the .scm-file is available for download as well.
> >
> > At start-up GC looks for the config.user file in .gnucash and starts it.
> > Derek and me, we have already found out that the line defining the hard
> > coded path variable
> >
> >       (path ("C://Dokumente und Einstellungen/user/.gnucash/ibr-
> gnc-module.scm"))
> >
> > does not seem to be correct.
> >
> > Does anyone has a clue what format the path should have on a Windows
> > system? Should "\" be used? What is the syntax for calling the hard
> drive?
>
> I believe that the C Library's fopen() under MS-Windows handles '/' as
> a directory separator (internally replaces '/' with '\' before calling
> the lower level O/S I/O functions.  Don't know how drive letters are
> handled. And I don't know what the MS-Windows port of GnuScheme does
> with pathnames.
>
> >
> > The .scm provides a feature to export transactions to a csv-file feeding
> > the interface for a professional accounting software used by German tax
> > accountants.
> >
> > Thanks for your thoughts !!!
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > J.
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