Windows/Linux interchange issues

[Tuc]

On 2012-03-30 14:33, Arne Hanssen wrote:
> Den 29. mars 2012 22:26, skrev Alex Aycinena:
>> Tuc,
>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Tuc at T-B-O-H<ml at t-b-o-h.net>
>>> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>>> Cc:
>>> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:12:31 -0400 (EDT)
>>> Subject: Windows/Linux interchange issues
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've been running GnuCash on Windows for a while, and love it. So 
>>> now I want
>>> to do the same on Linux. Loaded the same version I have on Windows 
>>> (2.4.10)
>>> and copied my non-compressed XML file from Windows to Linux. No ^M 
>>> in the file.
>>>
>>> When I try to load it, I get "The file/URL appears to be from a 
>>> newer version
>>> of GnuCash. (etc)". They are both 2.4.10 so I don't understand.
>>>
>>> I also happened to have a copy of the Quicken exported QIF file I 
>>> created from
>>> the Windows machine for my accountant, so I decided to try to 
>>> import that. That
>>> results in "No suitable backend was found for file:///(path to my 
>>> qif)"
>>>
>>> How can I move files back and forth? I didn't create any charts or 
>>> accounts
>>> on the Linux system (Fresh Install), would I need to somehow 
>>> replicate
>>> (And how?)
>>>
>>>         Thanks , Tuc
>>>
>>
>> You should be able to move the files between the two environments.
>>
>> This is a known bug that I believe has been fixed, so you may have a
>> not-quite-latest version. I think the issue is that the line
>> terminations between Windows and Linux are not the same. The problem
>> was introduced with r 21909 and the fix to handle that difference 
>> went
>> in with r22027 in the 2.4.10 series (r 21908 and r22038, 
>> respectively,
>> on trunk) so if the number shown on the splash screen (or in
>> Help->About) is between those two releases, the Linux Gnucash won't
>> read the Windows Gnucash file, as it should. You don't mention where
>> you got your 2.4.10 version on Linux (from your Linux distribution 
>> or
>> build yourself). Is it between those two releases?
>>
>> If so, if you can upgrade to a release after the fix, that would be
>> the best solution. Alternatively, I believe, based on my tests, that
>> the Linux version can read the compressed version of the Windows 
>> file.
>> Can you try to save the file on your Windows Gnucash in compressed
>> form (Edit->Preferences->General and tick 'Compress files') and then
>> transfer that file to the Linux machine and see if it opens OK?
>>
>> If your version is after the fix release, then this is a different 
>> problem.
>>
>> I don't know what you mean by 'No ^M in the file". I have no comment
>> on the QIF import issue.
>
> I suppose ^M refers to CR (Carriage Return) which is used as one of
> two End Of Line symbol in Windows (DOS, OS/2) together with Line Feed
> (LF).  Unix uses just LF.


Go figure, the compressed version works! <SHRUG>... Thanks for the 
help.

Tuc