[GNC] Can't find file

Liz edodd at billiau.net
Fri Jul 31 20:42:49 EDT 2020


On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 17:09:54 -0700
Chris Graves <mohavebaked at gmail.com> wrote:

> For those that like launching from the gui, one can create a simple
> shell script and automator script, then in the finder, right click
> the .gnucash file->services->”name of automator script” to cause a
> new instance of GC to open the selected file.
> 
> Shell script, named for example - gnucash which in this example
> resides in your $HOME directory: #!/bin/zsh
> /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/gnucash $1
> 
> Then in automator:
> Select New-> Quick Action
> In the dialog, select Utilities->Run Shell script
>  In Workflow receive current, select files or folder in Finder.app
>  In the Run Shell Script dialog, select /bin/zsh
> 	For Pass input: select as arguments
> 	In the dialog box beneath the above, enter
> 		$HOME/gnucash “$@“
> 
> Select save and name the file —let’s call it gnucash.
> 
> Then to make use of the above:
> In finder, right click on the .gnucash file of
> choice->services->gnucash
> 
> This will open a new instance of gnucash with the selected file.
> 


Could one of our Wiki editors add this to the Wiki?
This would help many Mac users.

Liz


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