[GNC] How to manage multiple accounts (as in separate gnucash databases)?

[brad]

On 4/27/22 02:13, Chris Green wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 07:49:02PM -0600, brad wrote:
>> On 4/26/22 09:25, Chris Green wrote:
>>> I have several gnucash accounts files (sqlite databases in my case)
>>> spread around my system.  When I go to a specific directory and run
>>> GnuCash I just want it to see only the database[s] in that directory.
>>>
>>> Is there a way I can tell gnucash to forget about all previous files
>>> it has opened?  As it is I get presented with a 'memory' of other
>>> accounts which can be very confusing unless I'm very careful with file
>>> naming.
>>>
>>> The --nofile option tells gnucash not to open the last accounts
>>> database, it helps a little, but I really want it to forget more!
>>>
>> I'm not clear on what the problem is (unless you're on a Mac).
>> On my system (linux), In the file manager, navigate to the folder, find the
>> file you want to open, and double click it.  It only opens that database.
>> What's confusing?
>>
> I don't use GUI file manager (well, very rarely), I tend to 'cd' in a
> terminal window to the directory where the files I want to use are and
> then run the various programs I need to do things to those files.  The
> GnuCash file is just one of those files.
>
Then just run 'gnucash filename' , filename is the one you want to open?