gnucash-devel digest, Vol 1 #166 - 11 msgs

[Marc Evans]

I have retried the "touch file" approach, but as I said in the original
message, I get the error message "The file\n /home/marc/file.gnucash\nis
empty."

I can accept that I have found a bug, and will need to upgrade and
recreate the account information. It's not alot of information, though a
bit of a bummer. That's what I get for using the developement version...

If anyone has any last suggestions before I kill the current instance of
the program, please let me know.

Thanks again - Marc

On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, Dave Peticolas wrote:

> Marc Evans writes:
> > OK, I have managed with Dave's help to get the package compiled and
> > operational. Thank you very much 8-)
> > 
> > My next problem is that I have create a couple of accounts, entered some
> > information, and then tried to SAVE and SAVE-AS without success. When I
> > attempt this, I am presented a file selection dialog, into which a type a
> > new filename, i.e. "/home/marc/test.gnucash". I then receive the error
> > message "The file\n /home/marc/test.gnucash\ncould not be found." I think
> > OK, no big deal so I run "touch /home/marc/test.gnucash" and then retry
> > the scenario, to which I get the error message "The file\n
> > /home/marc/test.gnucash\nis empty." Baffled, I pray that when I press the
> > Exit button the right thing will happen. No such luck, I end up right back
> > at the same place(s).
> > 
> > So, I am hoping someone has a suggestion?
> 
> Actually, you uncovered a bug that was introduced in 1.5.2. It's
> fixed now. As a temporary fix, you can 'touch' the file you plan
> on creating with gnucash.
> 
> thanks,
> dave
>