Multiple files open in GnuCash at once?

[Vikas Damodar Garud]

On Sunday 12 Apr 2009 9:30:02 pm gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org wrote:

> I am trying to use GnuCash to manage accounting info for two small  
> businesses, one in the US and one in Switzerland.
>
> Is it possible for me to set up different preferences for each  
> business?  Obviously I want the currencies different (USD and CHF),  
> but I'd also like to have different date formats for each business.
>
> Is it possible for me to have two GnuCash windows open at the same  
> time - one for each business (with the different currencies, etc.)?
>
> --
> Axel Essbaum


It is possible, at least on Linux Platform.  I had done this just by starting two instances of GnuCash and opening two differtent files at the same time.

HTH
Vikas Garud