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

[Greg Feneis]

Bob,

Adrien has it right.  See below.

Just a few notes

You can test by saving your GnuCash working file on computer 1 as with some
easy to find specific name in that computer's dropbox folder.

Before you stop using computer 1, check the Dropbox icon in the
notification area (assuming Windows). It should either indicate that
syncing is complete, or that it's still trying to sync. Don't shut down
computer 1 until sync is finished ;-)

To confirm the file was synced on computer 1, the icon in the notification
area should also have an option like visit Dropbox.com.  Click that
(browser opens...) and navigate to the file. If it's not there, then it
didn't sync. In the same icon, you can stop synching, then start synching.
Dropbox will check the Dropbox folder on the computer and make sure it is
synced with the cloud.

At computer 2, you can check the Dropbox icon in the tray, if it says
synching is complete, the file should be in the Dropbox folder. If not, you
can stop synching on computer 2 and then start it synching again.

It usually doesn't take this much micromanaging, but this is how you can do
it if needed


Kind regards, Greg Feneis
(Pixel 3)


On Thu, Aug 8, 2019, 11:30 Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>
wrote:

> 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
>
>
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