gnucash environment problem

[John Ralls]

On Jan 6, 2013, at 8:47 AM, rclar <rclar.in.dc at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm having a bit of a problem with gnucash, and while it is probably not a
> bug with gnucash per se, gnucash is the only place where it has caused me a
> problem. I am using gnucash 2.4.11 and gconftool 3.2.5 on a wheezy(ish)
> desktop.
> 
> Setup - ssh into my main desktop from a remote desktop and perform a "save
> as" of my gnucash file, exit gnucash.
> Problem - when I return to my main desktop, gnucash does not pull up the
> most recently "saved as" file. gnucash opens the data file that was
> originally opened from the remote desktop before the "save as" even though
> I have exited the program, and shell from the remote host.
> 
> So, how does gnucash determine what file to open when it starts, and can
> anyone else recreate this problem?
> 

Gnucash uses GConf to store the most-recent file list and opens the 0th entry. You can see the list in ~/gconf/apps/gnucash/history/%gconf.xml. See if that's getting updated on your remote desktop with the new filename.

Regards,
John Ralls