Getting online price quotes via command line fails

[Daniel Rosenberg]

Thanks for that.

I ran
gnucash --debug --add-price-quotes "C:\myfile.gnucash"

The trace file returned the following:

* 11:40:56  INFO <gnc.gui> [main] System locale returned German_Germany.1252
* 11:40:56  INFO <gnc.gui> [main] Effective locale set to
German_Germany.1252.
* 11:40:56  INFO <qof.engine> [guid_init] got 1629 bytes
* 11:40:56  INFO <gnc.backend.dbi> [gnc_module_init_backend_dbi] 3 DBD
drivers found
* 11:40:56  INFO <gnc.backend.dbi> [gnc_module_init_backend_dbi] Driver:
mysql
* 11:40:56  INFO <gnc.backend.dbi> [gnc_module_init_backend_dbi] Driver:
pgsql
* 11:40:56  INFO <gnc.backend.dbi> [gnc_module_init_backend_dbi] Driver:
sqlite3
* 11:40:56  INFO <gnc.engine> [gnc_hook_lookup] no hook lists
* 11:40:58 MESSG <gnc.scm> Found Finance::Quote version 1.38
* 11:40:58  INFO <gnc.account> [xaccAccountRecomputeBalance] acct=Template
Root starting baln=0/1
* 11:40:58  INFO <gnc.commodity> [gnc_commodity_table_insert] insert
05e267f8 template into nsp=0485f130 template
* 11:40:58  INFO <gnc.commodity> [gnc_commodity_table_insert] insert
05d8dee8 ADF into nsp=0485f1a0 CURRENCY
* 11:40:58  INFO <gnc.commodity> [gnc_commodity_table_insert] insert
05d8de98 ADP into nsp=0485f1a0 CURRENCY
[... one line for each currency]
* 11:40:58  WARN <gnc.bin> Session Error: failed to load 'C' using
access_method

Does this mean that it can't access drive C:?

Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> schrieb am Mi., 7. Sep. 2016 um 11:06 Uhr:

> On 7 September 2016 at 09:59, Daniel Rosenberg <dnlrsnbrg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Quick update: I normally started GnuCash, got todays price quotes, saved
> and
> > closed it. The trace file is empty.
>
> Add --debug to the command line to get more detail.
>
> Colin
>
> >
> >
> > Daniel Rosenberg <dnlrsnbrg at gmail.com> schrieb am Mi., 7. Sep. 2016 um
> 10:50
> > Uhr:
> >>
> >> Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> schrieb am Mi., 7. Sep. 2016 um 10:36
> Uhr:
> >>>
> >>> On 7 September 2016 at 09:25, Daniel Rosenberg <dnlrsnbrg at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > Hi,
> >>> >
> >>> > I am running GnuCash 2.6.13 on Windows. Getting price quotes for
> >>> > currencies
> >>> > works using the GUI.
> >>> >
> >>> > I am trying to get the price quotes from a command line with the
> >>> > following
> >>> > command:
> >>> > gnucash --add-price-quotes C:\myfile.gnucash
> >>>
> >>> Have you really got your accounts file in the root of C:? That sounds
> >>> like a bad idea.
> >>>
> >> No, my accounts file is in another directory, but for testing purposes I
> >> put a copy of it there.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> > The Strawberry Perl window opens and closes quickly and no quotes are
> >>> > retrieved. This also happens on normal GnuCash startup.
> >>>
> >>> What do you mean by the final statement?  Do you mean that
> >>> gnucash C:\myfile.gnucash
> >>> also fails?  If so then this is not an issue with the quotes but just
> >>> with running from the command line.
> >>>
> >>> This will show you where to find the trace file which will likely have
> >>> more information.
> >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile
> >>
> >>
> >> I will check the trace file, thanks for the link.
> >> Runnig 'gnucash C:\myfile.gnucash' from the command line works, it opens
> >> my GnuCash data file.
> >> What I meant was that the Strawberry perl windows opens and closes
> quickly
> >> on GnuCash startup (just as it does when manually executing 'gnucash
> >> --add-price-quotes C:\myfile.gnucash'). This was not the case before
> >> installing the online price quote.
> >> Hence my question if the price quotes are (or should be) automatically
> >> updated on GnuCash startup.
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Colin
>