Automatic Quote Retreival

[Derek Atkins]

Yes, it should be the main gnucash data file.

The ".xac" does not imply "backup" -- xac == XACcountant, the
predecessor to GnuCash.  So, "gnucash.xac" is a main data
file.  A backup would be "gnucash-<DateStamp>.xac"

-derek

Mathieu Masse <mathieu_masse at sympatico.ca> writes:

> Hi list,
>
> 	I got the Finance::Quote package installed and working, I am able to
> retreive my stock quotes using the Price Editor-->Get Quotes function.
> But now I want to automate it using Cron. I just have a quick question,
> in the help it says and I quote "The command "gnucash --add-price-quotes
> $HOME/gnucash.xac" can be used to fetch the current prices of your
> stocks." My question is shouldn't this be done on the $HOME/gnucash file
> and not the backup .xac file.
>
> 	TIA,
>
> 	Mathieu
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