edit gnucash file in ubuntu

[Harold]

Sounds great. I have gotten the file edited to change the 1969 date to 1970 so Windows will like it. There is a lot about Gnucash that I don't know or understand, but I am saving all these good answers so that I can refer to later if need be.

Thanks all,
Harold



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From: Colin Scott <gnucash at double-bars.net>
To: janssens-geert at telenet.be; gnucash-user at gnucash.org; hh6199 at yahoo.com
Cc: derek at ihtfp.com; gnucash at double-bars.net
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 4:12 AM
Subject: Re: edit gnucash file in ubuntu


> It's possible File Roller won't unzip the file because it's not 
> using the .gz extension. I know the gzip tool itself is pretty 
> picky about this (to prevent you from accidentally overwriting the 
> original file).

Wouldn't it be simpler to start up Gnucash, alter the preferences to remove compression, save and quit?  Then you don't have to mess around with uncompressing the file, 'cos it will be in plain text ...

Colin