Using Gnucash from multiple computers?

[David Jensen]

$HOME should be in caps .... environment variables are case sensitive.

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Sean Clarke <seanchk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> Ok I'm not sure if I've done this right (which means I pretty sure I
> haven't!)
>
> I created a .bashrc file and put it in /home
>
> I created a new folder in Google Drive called gnucash
>
> The full path to that folder is /home/sean/Google Drive/gnucash
>
> The content of my .bashrc file (I found an example of one online and copied
> it)
>
> PS1='\u$' # The prompt contains the user's login name.
>
> HISTSIZE=50 # Save 50 commands for when the user presses the up arrow.
>
> # All the directories to search for commands.
> PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11
>
> # To prevent the user from accidentally ending a login session,
> # disable Ctrl-D as a way to exit.
> IGNOREEOF=1
>
> stty erase "^H" # Make sure the backspace key erases.
>
> GNC_DOT_DIR="$home/sean/Google Drive/gnucash"
>
>
>
> I've restarted the PC but don't see anything different happening.
>
> When I originally created the accounts files I was asked where I wanted to
> save them and at that point I selected a folder on Google Drive (not the
> same folder)
>
> Can you please explain a little more what this is telling gnucash?
> GNC_DOT_DIR="$home/sean/Google Drive/gnucash"    I thought it was telling
> it where to look for the data files but gnucash loads them from the
> directory I first saved them to, then I thought maybe it would save them
> there for next time.... but it doesn't do that...    So I'm confused as to
> what it is for.
>
> Should I also save all the account files into /home/sean/Google
> Drive/gnucash    ?
>
>
> Thanks you,
>
> Sean
>
>
>
>
>
> On 14 October 2014 21:06, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>
> >
> > On Oct 14, 2014, at 1:20 AM, Sean Clarke <seanchk at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi John,
> >
> > by GNC_DOT_DIR do you mean the .gnucash directory in /home ?
> >
> > If not then what am I looking for?
> >
> > Also I don't have a .bashrc in /home  which is where I was expecting it.
> >
> > Can you give me a little more help please.
> >
> > At the moment I have all (?) the .gnucash account data files in a folder
> > on Google Drive and apart from having to remember to exit the program on
> > one machine before opening it on another (because of the LCK file),
> > everything seems fine.
> >
> >
> > Please remember to copy the list on all replies: Use "reply all" or, if
> > your email client supports it, "reply list".
> >
> > GNC_DOT_DIR is an environment variable. If it's not set the default is
> > $HOME/.gnucash, where HOME is another environment variable pointing the
> > user's home folder, which on Linux is /home/<username>. You want to set
> it
> > like this:
> > GNC_DOT_DIR="$HOME/Google Drive/gnucash"
> > or something similar.
> >
> > .bashrc is one of several possible names for startup files, see the bash
> > manpage for a complete list. Note that none of them will exist unless the
> > user explicitly creates them, and nthat bash looks for them in a
> particular
> > order; once it finds one it stops looking for more.
> >
> > Regards,
> > John Ralls
> >
> > On 14 October 2014 09:29, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Oct 13, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Sean Clarke <seanchk at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Is it possible to stick the Gnucash settings file on Google Drive and
> >> then
> >> > be able to use the same settings from multiple computers?
> >> >
> >> > I want to have Gnucash on all my computers so depending which one I'm
> >> using
> >> > I have access to my financial analysis.
> >> >
> >> > Or will I run into problems?
> >>
> >> Nope, piece of cake: Just set GNC_DOT_DIR to a folder on your Google
> >> Drive. You didn't say what OS you're using,
> >> so in Linux you can just set it in .bashrc. On OSX you'll want to edit
> >> Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash. On Windows
> >> the easiest way is to edit the shortcut in the menu (right-click on it
> >> and select Properties from the context menu).
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> John Ralls
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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