[GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 197, Issue 15

[Adrien Monteleone]

I haven’t used Dropbox in some time, but as I recall, you could access it directly or you could sync local folders to it.

I’d think the local folder sync would be the best route for GnuCash. That way, each computer is writing to the local file system. This will improve save speed, remove occasion of network hiccups during the save, and avoiding any issues with GnuCash accessing remote file paths.

So re-save the file on computer 1 in a folder on computer 1, then sync that folder to Dropbox.

On computer 2, link the synced folder on Dropbox to a similarly named folder.

When you save on computer 1, it will save locally, then sync to cloud.

When you open computer 2, it will sync from cloud and then GnuCash will open locally.

When you save on computer 2, the same process will happen in reverse.

Other still current users of GnuCash and Dropbox might have other/better recommendations.

Regards,
Adrien

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> On Aug 8, 2019, at 12:49 PM, Bob Sisk <sisk.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I thought I understood how to do this but I am confused - trying to run Gnucash on second computer and having access to the same data file. I thought I was keeping my data file on Dropbox - that is the one I open and enter data. When I go to secondary computer and open Gnucash the file has not been updated. Should I click “save as” and direct to Dropbox when closing the program and then navigating to that file in Dropbox and opening it? Is there a way to auto sync the data file to both computers? Or is there a totally different and better approach to do this? Help appreciated. 
> 
> Robert L Sisk
> Sisk.Bob at gmail.com