Opening multiple files

[Colin Law]

On 1 April 2015 at 21:46, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> Eric Siegerman <pub08-gnc at davor.org> writes:
>> ...
>> Suppose I open two different .gnucash files -- necessarily in two
>> GnuCash processes -- as the same Linux/Windows/MacOS user.  (XML
>> backend, which is what I'm using.)
>>
>> Am I correct in assuming that:
>>   - as regards the actual accounting data -- the .gnucash files
>>     themselves -- everything will be fine; no interaction
>>     between the two
>>
>>   - as regards prefs, the last process to exit will win; its
>>     prefs will silently overwrite those from the gnc process
>>     that exited earlier
>>
>>   - it doesn't matter which OS you're running; it works the same
>>     way on all of them
>>
>> Or can things get more screwed up than that?
>
> I am pretty sure this is the case.

Which is the case? Eric's assumptions, or 'things can get more screwed
up than that'?

Colin