difficulty in opening files

[Frank H. Ellenberger]

Hi,

Am Donnerstag, 16. September 2010 um 17:59:33 schrieb Dr. Md. Aminul Islam 
Khan:
> Hi,
>
> Using ubuntu 9.04, postgres-0.9rc1,
> 1. installed: OpenSP-1.5.2, openjade-1.3.2, libdbi-0.8.3, libdbi-0.8.3-1
> --with-pgsql.
> 2. installed gnucash-2.3.15
> 3. Started gnucash, it opens all the four files present under File.
> 4. Now, File->Open->Open -> dialogue box: open...
> Data Format: file,
> Location:/home/aikhan/.gnucash/books/Ahmadlab-> Open-> dialogue box
> says: Can't parse the URL file:///home/aikhan/.gnucash/books/Ahmadlab
> (for information: The file is present and was last modified 08/29/2010)
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Any guidance is highly appreciated.

ouch,
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_can.27t_GnuCash_find_my_data_file_anymore.3F__It_just_says:_parser_error_:_Start_tag_expected.2C_.27.3C.27_not_found
go back to 3. and try to follow 
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Where_is_my_.XML_data_file.3F
If it is to late for that, search your disk for the files you remember, or 
directories containing *.[gnucash|gnc|xac|log] files.

HTH
Frank