Opening multiple files

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Thu Apr 2 10:12:54 EDT 2015


Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> writes:

> 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'?

Sorry, I meant "Eric's assumptions are correct".

> Colin

-derek

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