Getting online price quotes via command line fails

[Colin Law]

On 7 September 2016 at 13:49, Daniel Rosenberg <dnlrsnbrg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> schrieb am Mi., 7. Sep. 2016 um 14:27 Uhr:
>>
>> On 7 September 2016 at 13:06, Daniel Rosenberg <dnlrsnbrg at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I am getting closer. After getting the error below, I opened cmd as an
>> > administrator and ran gnucash --debug --add-price-quotes
>> > "C:\myfile.gnucash"
>> > again, only to get the same error.
>> > Then I copied my data file to gnucash\bin and ran gnucash --debug
>> > --add-price-quotes myfile.gnucash and it worked! The data file was
>> > updated
>> > with the fx prices.
>> >
>> > So two things to consider:
>> > 1. Run the console as an administrator
>> > 2. It works if the data file is in the same directory as gnucash.exe
>> >
>> > If I try to call the data file from it's original location
>> > (C:\User\.....\myfile.gnucash) I still get the error below.
>> > It seems that this is a permission issue and gnucash.exe is not allowed
>> > to
>> > write to any other directory. Any ideas on that?
>>
>> Is it the case that it will not work if the path you specify on the
>> command line starts with C: but if you go to the folder and then run
>> it just with myfile.gnucash in the command then it works (running as
>> admin if necessary for that folder) ?  In which case not a permissions
>> error but an interpretation of C:
>>
>
> You summed it up correctlly. With the data file in the gnucash\bin folder
> and 'gnucash --debug --add-price-quotes myfile.gnucash' it works perfectly.
> The problem arises when I try to call the data file from its original
> location in C:\Users\...\myfile.gnucash.
> So what are the implications of this? What do you mean with "interpretation
> of C:"?
> Is there a way to solve this problem?

I expect it is a known windows issue, don't use it so don't know. Just
write a batch file (or whatever they are called in windows nowadays)
that changes to the appropriate folder and then runs the command.  Or
just do that manually.

The best solution would be to change to Linux of course.

Colin