[GNC] Repeatable Mac crash

[Stephen M. Butler]

On 09/30/2018 10:07 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote:
>
>>> On Sep 29, 2018, at 4:30 AM, Robert Kesterson <robertk at robertk.com>
>>> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> When I open Gnucash, it opens the last file I had open, which is
>>> great.  Then I start the second instance from a terminal with “open
>>> -n /Applications/GnuCash.app” and it starts up.  Since the most
>>> recent file is already open, it will complain that it can’t get the
>>> lock and ask what I want to do.  Since there isn’t an “open a
>>> different file” option ...........
>
> But there IS a way to open gnucash for another file. Or rather a way
> to start gnucash without it opening a file, thus allowing you to
> specify what file you want to open. The -nofile option << I don't know
> exactly how to specify that for a mac >>
>
> I am always opening gnucash that way since keeping four sets of books
> and the last opened is usually not the one I want to open.
>
> Michael
>

I found it easier to just navigate to the file with the file explorer
(at least on Linux) and double click on the file.  GnuCash then launches
and opens that file.
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