Gnucash Get Quotes problem

[Derek Atkins]

What about gnc-fq-helper?

-derek

"kendall green" <kendall.green at gmail.com> writes:

> here is the result from gnc-fq-dump for usa, similar for fidelity
> gnc-fq-dump usa QQQQ SPY MSFT
> Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses:
>     symbol: QQQQ                 <=== required
>       date: 01/10/2008           <=== required
>   currency: USD                  <=== required
>       last: 47.81                <=\
>        nav:                      <=== one of these
>      price: 47.81                <=/
>   timezone:                      <=== optional
> =====
>
> Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses:
>     symbol: SPY                  <=== required
>       date: 01/10/2008           <=== required
>   currency: USD                  <=== required
>       last: 141.41               <=\
>        nav:                      <=== one of these
>      price: 141.41               <=/
>   timezone:                      <=== optional
> =====
>
> Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses:
>     symbol: MSFT                 <=== required
>       date: 01/10/2008           <=== required
>   currency: USD                  <=== required
>       last: 34.11                <=\
>        nav:                      <=== one of these
>      price: 34.11                <=/
>   timezone:                      <=== optional
> ken at linux-k6kn:~/gnucash>
>
>
>
> On 1/10/08, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>> "kendall green" <kendall.green at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > It has been reported before to the gnucash and SUSE groups.  warlord
>> > thinks it is a perl problem and suggests reporting it to SUSE.
>> > Stanislav Brabec at SUSE can't reproduce it.  Anyway, gnc-fq-dump
>> > works fine.  The debugging info is as follows:
>> >
>> >  gnucash --logto stderr --log "gnc.scm=debug"
>> > gnc.bin-Message: main: binreloc relocation support was disabled at
>> > configure time.
>> >
>> > * 13:35:39 DEBUG <gnc.scm> starting up (1).
>> > * 13:35:39 DEBUG <gnc.scm> handling command line arguments(gnucash)
>> > * 13:35:39 DEBUG <gnc.scm> files to open: ()
>> > * 13:35:40 DEBUG <gnc.scm> (results (1.13 tsp vwd financecanada
>> > yahoo_nz australia usa troweprice france amfiindia nasdaq usfedbonds
>> > bmonesbittburns aex_options yahoo_asia troweprice_direct tiaacref
>> > canada yahoo seb_funds yahoo_brasil fidelity aiahk greece dwsfunds
>> > yahoo_australia unionfunds finland lerevenu asia indiamutual hex
>> > brasil asegr deka nyse canadamutual fidelity_direct asx tdwaterhouse
>> > fool trustnet ftportfolios_direct uk_unit_trusts dutch ftportfolios
>> > tdefunds nzx za aex_futures fundlibrary stockhousecanada_fund aex
>> > yahoo_europe nz vanguard bourso europe platinum maninv))
>> > Found Finance::Quote version 1.13
>>
>> This clearly states that F::Q is installed properly..
>>
>> > * 13:35:40 MESSG <gnc.scm> Found Finance::Quote version 1.13
>> > * 13:35:45 DEBUG <gnc.scm> (handling-request (usa QQQQ SPY MSFT ))
>> > * 13:35:48 DEBUG <gnc.scm> (results #<eof>)
>> > * 13:35:48 DEBUG <gnc.scm> (handling-request (fidelity FCNTX ))
>> > ERROR: In procedure fport_flush:
>> > ERROR: Bad file descriptor
>>
>> And this would seem (to me) to imply that there's a bug in F::Q
>> in either the "USA" or "Fidelity" grabbers.  You could try running
>> gnc-fq-dump or even gnc-fq-helper by hand and see what happens.
>>
>> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
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>>
>> -derek
>>
>> --
>>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>>        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
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>
>
> -- 
> Kendall Green
>
>

-- 
       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available