[GNC] - File Path for associated files

[Adrien Monteleone]

FYI, You don’t have to re-compress the file.

I just opened the uncompressed version with GnuCash and it worked just fine.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Sep 12, 2018, at 5:21 PM, Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> On 09/12/2018 02:56 PM, John Sears via gnucash-user wrote:
>> I tried gedit and atom ..  but only seem to get gibberish..    my
>> first few lines..  ù
>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> I'll investigate sed
>> 
>> 
> 
> I think this is a compressed file.  Your earlier editor must have
> automatically uncompressed it.  Perhaps why GNC couldn't open as it may
> have left it uncompressed.  On my box I made a copy of the gnucash file
> and called it 'smb.gz'  then the command 'uncompress smb.gz' worked
> great and left a file called 'smb' that I could open with vi.  Sed
> should also be able to handle the resulting file.
> 
> Just remember to compress it again and change the name back to the
> original (keep the original under a different name).
> 
> --Steve
> 
> PS.  I forgot what strings you were changing but I used to use sed on a
> daily basis.  So, if you need help just hit the list again.
>> On 12/09/2018 23:53, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>>> You should not need to manually mount any external drive like a USB
>>> key. It will automount for you in the /media part of the file tree as
>>> you noticed.
>>> 
>>> Your issue is likely more as John noted that LO mucked up the XML. If
>>> you don’t want to attempt sed or nano, try Gedit (all come with
>>> Ubuntu) or Atom. (need to install that one separately)
>>> 
>>> I’d have to say, sed is probably the fastest method but you’ll need
>>> to read over a few pages of sed command examples on replacing text,
>>> be mindful of escaping special characters like “/“ and “:”.
>>> Otherwise, Gedit and Atom are straight forward with no learning curve
>>> with Find & Replace operations similar to LO.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Adrien
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 12, 2018, at 8:23 AM, John Sears via gnucash-user
>>>> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 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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