[GNC] Open two files at once

[David Carlson]

That looks like a tidbit of information that would be nice to see in the
F.A.Q!



On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 10:15 AM Robert Kesterson <robertk at robertk.com>
wrote:

> On MacOS, to run two instances simultaneously, open the first one in the
> usual way, then for the second, open a shell and type:
>      open -n /Applications/Gnucash.App your_data_file.gnucash
>
> That assumes Gnucash is in the Applications folder.  Change
> “your_data_file.gnucash” to the real path to the data file you want
> to open in the second instance.  If you don’t specify that,  it will
> try to open the last open file, which is already open in the first
> instance.  That will give you an error about the file being locked,
> which you have to cancel and then load the file you wanted for the
> second instance instead.  Giving the filename on the command line avoids
> that problem.
>
> You can also make a script to do this so you don’t have to drop to the
> shell every time.  I set up quick launch workflows in Alfred for mine so
> it just takes couple of keystrokes to launch whatever set of books I
> need, and they can all be open at once.
>
>
> On 24 Apr 2020, at 9:58, Derek Atkins wrote:
>
> > HI,
> >
> > GnuCash doesn't allow multiple data files to be open.
> > Do do what you want you need two instances of GnuCash running in
> > parallel.
> > How you do that is definitely OS specific.
> >
> > I honestly don't know if MacOS allows you to run two instances
> > simultaneously.
> >
> > -derek
> >
> >
> > On Fri, April 24, 2020 10:51 am, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> >> I’m running GnuCash 3.7 on Mac 10.12.6.
> >>
> >> I can’t figure out how to open two files at once. I need to copy
> >> entries
> >> from my LLC acct to my personal account, but when I have the LLC
> >> GnuCash
> >> file open I can’t get the personal LLC file open.
> >>
> >> What’s the trick? When I click on the file under GnuCash->File, it
> >> closes
> >> the first file. WHen I try to open it from the Finder, nothing
> >> happens.
> >>
> >> I know I’ve done that in the past, when I was operating on a Linux
> >> box.
> >>
> >> Eric Beversluis
> >> Short fiction at www.ericbeversluis.com
> >>
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