[GNC] Run gnucash-cli commands with Flaptak install?

[Colin]

Hi Frank,

This is brilliant! I had actually tried a similar syntax, but had put
'org.gnucash.GnuCash' in the wrong location.

Updating the wiki now ;)

Best,
Colin

On Sun, Oct 18, 2020 at 8:53 PM Frank H. Ellenberger <
frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Colin,
>
> Am 18.10.20 um 16:22 schrieb Colin Arndt:
> :
> > I used to run:
> > gnucash-cli --quotes get /path/to/GnuCashfile
> >
> > From the docs I can see I need to enter the following to enter the
> GnuCash command line environment:
> > flatpak run --command=sh org.gnucash.GnuCash
> >
> > Can these be combined into a single command on the host system?
>
> I just tried:
> flatpak run --command=gnucash-cli  org.gnucash.GnuCash --version
> GnuCash 4.2 development version
> Build ID: git 190d5f1+(2020-10-15)
>
> Watch the order of the options!
>
> > Feel free to let me know if this is more of a Flatpak question than a
> GnuCash one, though I figured others may have experience with this.
>
> see:
> flatpak --help
> flatpak --help run
>
> That command should give you more infos than you need.
>
> > If nothing else, getting the solution in the list here gets it into the
> archives if others want to replicate it.
>
> But it would be better, if you would add it to the wiki page. ;-)
>
> > Thanks,
> > Colin
>
> Regards
> Frank
>