[GNC] Automatic Price Retrieval

[John Ralls]

> On Apr 29, 2020, at 9:54 AM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
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>> On Apr 29, 2020, at 3:08 AM, rsbrux via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
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>> I would like GnuCah to retrieve prices automatically each time I open it.
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>> The documentation describes the "Get Quotes" feature as "automatic", but I still have to remember to open the Price Editor and click "Get Quotes".
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>> Is there a way to make price retrieval fully automatic?
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> Use a cron job/scheduled task to run GnuCash with the --add-price-quotes=FILE argument, FILE being the path to your gnucash data file. 

I should have added that GnuCash should not be running with that file open when the job runs.

Regards,
John Ralls