Using Gnucash from multiple computers?

[Sean Clarke]

Mark,

Yes I realised that, which is why I responded with details of my
requirements.

I appreciate your comments.

Cheers,

Sean
On 15 Oct 2014 01:10, "Mark Phillips" <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:

> The only point of my email was to point out the potential issue so you are
> aware of it, and to make sure my upstanding is correct. John is far more
> knowledgeable than I am about the inner workings of Gnucash!
>
> Mark
> On Oct 14, 2014 11:07 AM, "Sean Clarke" <seanchk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Mark,
>>
>> I don't want multi user, just multi computer.
>>
>> I have a desktop box and 2 laptops all running Linux Mint.
>>
>> I do a fair amount of traveling often for long stretches of time,  so
>> would like to have the data files on Dropbox or Google Drive so I can
>> access my accounts no matter where I am or which of my laptops I'm using.
>>
>> I don't want to be limited to only doing my accounts from one machine.  I
>> will however only be using Gnucash on one machine at a time.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Sean
>> On 15 Oct 2014 01:00, "Mark Phillips" <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
>>
>>> John,
>>>
>>> I remember some earlier posts on this topic which included a warning
>>> that Gnucash is not designed to be a multi-user program. The so-what to
>>> this fact is that Gnucash reads the entire database into memory when it
>>> starts, and then saves the database when it closes. So, one can lose data
>>> if one is not careful. For example, one computer has the data file open and
>>> another computer adds a transaction and then exits. The data from the first
>>> computer will over write the database when it closes, and the posted
>>> transaction from the second computer will be lost. There is a setting in
>>> Gnucash to update the db more frequently, but even so, I think there is a
>>> small chance of losing data this way. Is this caveat still true, or did I
>>> misunderstand the issue?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mark
>>> On Oct 14, 2014 7:08 AM, "John Ralls" <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dang it, after preaching about copying the list, I forgot to copy the
>>>> list.
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 1:20 AM, Sean Clarke <seanchk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Hi John,
>>>> >
>>>> > by GNC_DOT_DIR do you mean the .gnucash directory in /home ?
>>>> >
>>>> > If not then what am I looking for?
>>>> >
>>>> > Also I don't have a .bashrc in /home  which is where I was expecting
>>>> it.
>>>> >
>>>> > Can you give me a little more help please.
>>>> >
>>>> > At the moment I have all (?) the .gnucash account data files in a
>>>> folder on Google Drive and apart from having to remember to exit the
>>>> program on one machine before opening it on another (because of the LCK
>>>> file), everything seems fine.
>>>>
>>>> Please remember to copy the list on all replies: Use "reply all" or, if
>>>> your email client supports it, "reply list".
>>>>
>>>> GNC_DOT_DIR is an environment variable. If it's not set the default is
>>>> $HOME/.gnucash, where HOME is another environment variable pointing the
>>>> user's home folder, which on Linux is /home/<username>. You want to set it
>>>> like this:
>>>> GNC_DOT_DIR="$HOME/Google Drive/gnucash"
>>>> or something similar.
>>>>
>>>> .bashrc is one of several possible names for startup files, see the
>>>> bash manpage for a complete list. Note that none of them will exist unless
>>>> the user explicitly creates them, and nthat bash looks for them in a
>>>> particular order; once it finds one it stops looking for more.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> John Ralls
>>>>
>>>> > On 14 October 2014 09:29, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > On Oct 13, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sean Clarke <seanchk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > > Hi,
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Is it possible to stick the Gnucash settings file on Google Drive
>>>> and then
>>>> > > be able to use the same settings from multiple computers?
>>>> > >
>>>> > > I want to have Gnucash on all my computers so depending which one
>>>> I'm using
>>>> > > I have access to my financial analysis.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Or will I run into problems?
>>>> >
>>>> > Nope, piece of cake: Just set GNC_DOT_DIR to a folder on your Google
>>>> Drive. You didn't say what OS you're using,
>>>> > so in Linux you can just set it in .bashrc. On OSX you'll want to
>>>> edit Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash. On Windows
>>>> > the easiest way is to edit the shortcut in the menu (right-click on
>>>> it and select Properties from the context menu).
>>>> >
>>>> > Regards,
>>>> > John Ralls
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
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