[GNC] Gnucash on Dropbox

Glenn Fowler gfowler1 at outlook.com
Thu Jul 22 20:19:17 EDT 2021


Hi,
The .LCK will appear in the same directory as the data file. Make sure you
same whole directory is synced on both computers and then point to it in
GnuCash with File > Open to make sure it's correct.

On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 7:35 PM Walt Haas <haas at xmission.com> wrote:

> I have GnuCash installed on two Linux computers, with the account files
> and logs in a Dropbox folder.  In both cases GnuCash was installed from
> the repo.  It has worked fine for years on one computer.  When I start
> GnuCash on the other, I get the message "GnuCash could not obtain the
> lock for ...gnucash".  Checking the account directory there is NO file
> *.LCK.  When I open anyway and try to save a change, I get the message
> "Could not write backup file..."  Testing the file permissions, I do
> indeed have write privilege for the account directory and can create and
> edit some random file in that directory.
>
> When I look at the account directory with command line tools, I notice
> that no updated file has been written.  For some context, I see that
> there is NO file $HOME/.gnucash.  There is a $HOME/.config/gnucash
> directory but it is empty.  Could either of these play a role in telling
> GnuCash that the account is being edited by another user?  For more
> context, when I started GnuCash on the second computer I declined all
> offers to teach me.
>
> Are there any directories involved?  I don't see any hidden directories
> in the accounts folder.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help  -- Walt
>
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