saved reports

[Chas Maitland]

Thanks David, I can see it:

Last login: Mon Jan 25 17:04:05 on console
CharliesMacBook:~ charlie$ cd .gnucash
CharliesMacBook:.gnucash charlie$ ls -l
total 80
-rw-r--r--   1 charlie  staff  18996 25 Jan 11:53 accelerator-map
drwx------  14 charlie  staff    476 19 Jan 21:45 books
drwx------   2 charlie  staff     68 22 Feb  2009 checks
drwx------   2 charlie  staff     68 10 Jun  2009 data
-rw-r--r--   1 charlie  staff      0 25 Jan 11:53 expressions-2.0
-rw-r--r--   1 charlie  staff  16022 19 Jan 23:49 saved-reports-2.0
-rw-r--r--   1 charlie  staff    871 25 Jan 11:53 stylesheets-2.0
CharliesMacBook:.gnucash charlie$ 

Can you can point me to how I show hidden files in Finder and how I can edit the file?

Regards,

Charlie



On 25 Jan 2010, at 23:54, David T. wrote:

> On OS X, the .gnucash folder will not show in Finder unless you specifically set Finder to show hidden files and folders. If you open a terminal window, you can test the existence of the folder by typing "cd .gnucash" (don't forget the period). Then, typing "ls -l" will show whether the saved-reports file is in existence.
> 
> David
> 
> --- On Mon, 1/25/10, Chas Maitland <chasmaitland at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
>> From: Chas Maitland <chasmaitland at googlemail.com>
>> Subject: Re: saved reports
>> To: "John Ralls" <jralls at ceridwen.us>
>> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 10:41 AM
>> Hi,
>> I'm using GnuCash.app from the Gnucash download site
>> GnuCash-intel-2.2.9.dmg
>> 
>> There is no .gnucash folder and no saved-reports-2.0 file
>> anywhere on the MacBook disk.
>> 
>> I have an installation of GC 2.2.9 on Dell PC running
>> Redhat Linux and again there is no gnucash folder and no
>> saved-reports-2.0 file anywhere on the disk.
>> 
>> I have an installation of GC 2.2.9 on Windows Vista and I
>> can find .gnucash/saved-reports-2 no problem.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Charlie
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 25 Jan 2010, at 17:20, John Ralls wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jan 25, 2010, at 3:46 AM, Chas Maitland wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I want to delete some old saved reports to tidy up
>> the custom report list.
>>>> 
>>>> I have looked for the file
>> ~/.gnucash/saved-reports-2.0 as indicated by the pop-up info
>> but can't find it.
>>>> 
>>>> I am using GnuCash 2.2.9 on a MacBook running OSX
>> 10.6.2
>>>> 
>>>> Grateful for any help.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Are you using Gnucash.app from the Gnucash downloads
>> page or MacPorts/Fink?
>>> 
>>> With Gnucash.app from Gnucash-Intel-2.2.9.dmg, I just
>> saved a report and it went to
>> /Users/john/.gnucash/saved-reports-2.0, as the dialog box
>> said that it should. Perhaps you've altered $HOME in some
>> way?
>>> 
>>> What else is in your ~/.gnucash?
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> John Ralls
>>> 
>> 
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