Question/Comment

[Josh Sled]

> Quoting Thom McMurray <mcmali at gmail.com>:
>> stumped on this.  I'd like to configure the stocks to automatically update
>> but the instructions seem to be written for the Linux user.  I'm on Windows
>> XP.  Is this an option for me?  I have a functional level of computer
>> knowledge but I'm not tech-language savvy.   The help file suggested I use
>> this email if I had questions about this set up.  Hopefully you can help me.

Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> writes:
> have it's own timer, it relies on the Linux/Unix system timer, cron,
> to run gnucash with the appropriate arguments.  On windows there is no
> such service.  Sorry.  You'll just have to manually run "get quotes"

Instructions using Window's cron/at equivalent would be appreciated.

An alternatively might be to use a unix-style cron daemon, perhaps as
provided by cygwin.

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