[GNC] Open two files at once

[Robert Kesterson]

You are correct.  I just mistyped that part of it (looking at one 
screen, typing on another).  Thanks for catching it, and for updating 
the FAQ.  :)


On 24 Apr 2020, at 15:33, Adrien Monteleone wrote:

> I have an unaltered installation of 3.10 and the proper path to the 
> executable is:
>
> /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash
>
> If your system drive is case sensitive, then this will matter.
>
> (I note that I had to use “.app” in the path in Terminal, while 
> you did not. I’m not sure if this is different with Alfred or 
> Automator)
>
> I can attest that this procedure works on Catalina as well. I have it 
> open with two data files right now using this method.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
>> On Apr 24, 2020 w17d115, at 2:35 PM, Robert Kesterson 
>> <robertk at robertk.com> wrote:
>>
>> OK try this instead.  In your shell do:
>>
>>   /Applications/GnuCash/Contents/MacOS/GnuCash 
>> path_to_your_data_file_here.gnucash
>>
>> That should still work for multiple instances too.  I just opened up 
>> my Alfred scripts and realized that’s actually how I’m doing it 
>> now too (I’m on Mojave as well).   That will hold your terminal 
>> open while it runs, btw.  If you want to detach it from the terminal, 
>> just end it with an ampersand.  Like so:
>>
>>   /Applications/GnuCash/Contents/MacOS/GnuCash 
>> path_to_your_data_file_here.gnucash &
>>
>> That will detach the Gnucash process and give the command prompt back 
>> right away.
>
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