two instances of gnucash?

[Derek Atkins]

"Dwight Tovey" <dwight at dtovey.net> writes:

> E Dodd said:
>> Can I run two instances of gnucash at once?
>> I was wondering if I can have my home and business accounts open
>> simultaneously ( to make cutting and pasting my pay easier )
>> Liz
>
> Isn't a problem.  The second instance complains when it starts up that the
> data file is in use, but one of the options in the warning window is to
> create a new file.  Just click that, then cancel the new-file wizard.  You
> can then go to File->Open and use whatever data file you want.

Or just run "gnucash /path/to/other/datafile"

-derek
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