[GNC] - File Path for associated files

[John Sears]

Hi,

yep, I have no problem finding the files and opening them on the filing 
system ( naultilus) ..

Although I have not done any mounting per se..  should I ?



On 12/09/2018 21:17, Michael or Penny Novack wrote:
> On 9/11/2018 8:00 PM, John Sears via gnucash-user wrote:
>
>> So my files were all stored on G:/documents/xxx.pdf
>>
>> Now that I have transferred to Linux, this path is not recognised - "
>> GNUCash could not open the associated URI: file:///G:/documents/xxx.pdf"
>>
>> Is there a way to bulk edit the paths of all the  links so that Linux
>> will recognise  the SD path?  I would prefer not to go  into every
>> single transaction to do this, as I have a lot of linked files.
>>
>> Or is there someway ( and this might be more of a Linux question) to map
>> the SD card to the "file:///G" terminology.
>>
>> Thanks! 
>  Been a while since I used a 'nix operating system and I don't know 
> what modern linuxes might provide for "automounting". But in a 
> traditional 'nix environment you don't just stick in removable 
> devices. You also have to "mount" (and when removing, "umount") them.
>
> In other words, I think yours is a "new 'nix user" problem. Forget 
> gnucash for a moment. Can you put a file (say a document) on a 
> removable device and then plug that device into your 'nix machine and 
> open it? The path will not be the same as in Windows. The path to the 
> data (in linux) will depend on WHERE in the linux file system you 
> mounted it? << The "mount" command will have specified that >>
>
> Michael
>
> Michael D Novack
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