[GNC] - File Path for associated files

Wed Sep 12 18:57:43 EDT 2018

Yeah!  Thanks a lot!!

I couldn't get the gzip -d file.xml.gz to do the extesion renaming, but 
just used gzip -d file.gz and then renamed it after the decompression.

All text replaced and all transaction links working fine!!! Thanks a lot 
to all !!!  ( I even started learning about sed :) )

I would never have even started to know where to begin on this !

Thanks,

John

On 13/09/2018 06:42, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> 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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