[GNC] Possible Bug with GNUCash - GNUCash cannot see/open files with OneDrive

[Cameron Podd]

Hi Derek,

>From gzip, I get “gzip compressed data, original size modulo 2^32 1969815”/

>From zcat, I get “zcat: can't stat: CameronPoddMoney.gnucash (CameronPoddMoney.gnucash.Z): No such file or directory”.

Thanks - Cameron

From: Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com>
Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 8:52 AM
To: Cameron Podd <cbpodd at gmail.com>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: [GNC] Possible Bug with GNUCash - GNUCash cannot see/open files with OneDrive
Hi,

On Tue, July 20, 2021 11:43 am, Cameron Podd wrote:
> Hi Derek – thanks for your response.
>
>
>   1.  I am using MacOS Big Sur 11.4
>   2.  Yes, my OneDrive is mounted. I can access that spot from my
> filesystem & terminal and see/copy/move the data file there.

Okay, if you open the terminal, what do you get from:

  file /Users/<username>/OneDrive/Documents/GnuCashData.gnucash

Assuming it says gzipped data, what do you get from:

  zcat /Users/<username>/OneDrive/Documents/GnuCashData.gnucash | head

-derek

>
> Thanks – Cameron
>
> From: Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com>
> Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 8:40 AM
> To: Cameron Podd <cbpodd at gmail.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Possible Bug with GNUCash - GNUCash cannot see/open
> files with OneDrive
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, July 20, 2021 11:33 am, Cameron Podd wrote:
>> I am wondering if anyone has encountered - or has a possible solution to
>> -
>> this bug I have found. I usually store my GNUCash file in OneDrive.
>> However, with the new update of OneDrive, GNUCash cannot see the file.
>> See
>> the error below. Has anyone also seen this error - or know how to
>> correct
>> it?
>>
>> Can't parse the URL
>> /Users/<username>/OneDrive/Documents/GnuCashData.gnucash
>
> What OS/Distro are you using?
> Is OneDrive actually *mounted*?
> Can you browse to /Users/<username>/OneDrive/Documents from a
> Terminal/Command-line and see your data file there?
>
>> Thanks - Cameron
>
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> -derek
>
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