Where to find the .SCM files

[Geert Janssens]

On Tuesday 24 February 2015 11:32:00 John Ralls wrote:
> > On Feb 24, 2015, at 11:10 AM, David <chrstdvd at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Just installed MINT 17.1 a few days ago.  How I find the directory
> > where the .SCM files are?  I tried command -v welcome.SCM then
> > *.SCM and get no response.
> > 
> > Only can find is gnucash program in /home/bin
> 
> That’s a weird place for it, but if Mint installs in /home instead of
> /usr, GnuCash’s Scheme files will be in /home/share/gnucash/scm.
> 
> Most Unix file systems are case sensitive (OS X’s HFS+ is a notable
> exception), so welcome.SCM is not the same as welcome.scm; the latter
> is the name of the file. But Scheme files aren’t normally executable
> and anyway aren’t on the path, so `command -v` and `which` won’t find
> them, even if you do spell them right. Learn about `locate` and
> `find` instead.
> 
> For example, try
>   find /home -name welcome.scm
> or
>   locate welcome.scm
> 
> The latter might want to build a database. Let it. It will take some
> time upfront, but once its built it will save you lots of time later.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
You type faster than I do (or manage to write more concise :)

Anyway all that is correct, except for the name of the file. I suspect you are actually looking 
for welcome-to-gnucash.scm

GnuCash doesn't ship a welcome.scm file.

Geert