Two instances?

[Allan]

Ooops... I forgot to say I'm running under Linux Mint 17.1....

So, you can start it with something like:

gnucash me.gnucash &

and

gnucash company.gnucash &

?

The man page refers to:

gnucash accounts.gnc



On 04/30/2015 12:36 PM, Kevin Wilson wrote:
>  I have my windows desktop icons set up to run a specific gnucash 
> file: three of them, one for each of my 2 businesses, and one personal.
>
> I just have the icon set to run the .gnucash data file - Windows knows 
> which application to use to load the file.  Easiest way to create it 
> (in Win 7, anyway) is to find the data file in Windows Explorer, right 
> click, choose "Send To" then "Desktop (create shortcut).
>
> I sometimes have all three open at once. However, I believe there are 
> issues with preferences for the last one closed, overwriting 
> preference changes made in the others. It's never caused me any trouble.
>
> Kevin
>
> On 30/04/2015 9:49 AM, Allan wrote:
>> How can I run two simultaneous instances, like for my personal and 
>> business accounts?
>>
>> Is it as simple as command line invocation, like:
>>
>> gnucash -personalfolder
>> gnucash -businessfolder
>>
>> with optional "launcher" (like windows desktop icon)?
>>
>> Allan
>>
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