Close book + new file

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Quoting Roberto Hernandez <roberto.hfer at gmail.com>:

> Hello Doug,
>
> My data file only has the transactions for 2008, so deleting them
> would not take very long. The main task I want to avoid is creating
> the starting balances.
>
> There's quite a few people developing the same thing (at least three):
> * close-books.pl - mentioned by Mark
> * jGnucashEditor - mentioned by Marcus
> * perl script - mentioned by Doug
>
> Any chance of getting one of these integrated into GnuCash?

Sure, if someone writes it in C and donates it..

> Regards!

-derek

> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 2:46 AM, Doug Pastorello 
> <SpiderDad10 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Roberto,
>> I have a perl script that may help. It goes through the GnuCash database
>> and deletes old splits and transactions. It leaves all the "STOCK" and
>> "MUTUAL" splits alone. The new database needs to be cleaned-up a bit by
>> using "Check&Repair", and adding starting balances to the accounts. I
>> used it to clean-up my 10 year old database, and now loading and saving
>> are MUCH faster. If folks are interested, I can post the script.
>>        -- Doug.
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