[GNC] Upgrade Path from version 2.6.16 on MacOS High Sierra (10.13.6) and beyond

[John Ralls]

> On Jan 29, 2019, at 6:28 AM, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>> I'm curious: what are the names of the two directories that were created ? Or 
>> in other words, how are those names decided on MacOS ?
>> 
>> As far as I know on linux and Windows the names are hardcoded to use the 
>> compile time application name unless overridden by setting GNC_DATA_DIR and 
>> GNC_CONFIG_DIR environment variables. The latter (GNC_CONFIG_DIR) is only 
>> introduces in GnuCash 3.4.
>> 
>> Geert
> 
> The names matched the app name. (not including the .app extension of course)

Actually GNC_CONFIG_DIR replaces GNC_DOT_DIR in 2.6 and earlier.

One may change the path in Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/etc/gnucash/environment in GnuCash 3 or Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash in earlier versions.

Regards,
John Ralls