[GNC] "Path Head for Linked Files Relative Paths" - per file setting?

[tuuranton at tutanota.de]

Hi

How does that solve anything? If you send your .gnucash file to your accountant/taxman they won't be able to open any files because they're assumed to be in

file://C:\Users\<NAME>\Documents\business1\

and their <Name> is likely completely different (assuming they're even on Windows) and additionally and additionally they might save business1 not directly under Documents:

file://C:\Users\<DIFFERENT_NAME>\Documents\Somewhere\Else\business1\

Regards
TA


-----
Glenn Fowler
 Fri Dec 23 12:39:06 EST 2022

 Hi TA,You are correct, it is global.What I do is use "Linked Location" instead of "Linked File" and just enterthe path. For example:file://C:\Users\<NAME>\Documents\business1\MyReceipt.pdf

-----

Dec 23, 2022, 18:17 by tuuranton at tutanota.de:

> Hello
>
> First, the *question*: Currently it appears the "Path Head for Linked Files Relative Paths" is a global setting applied to *all* .gnucash files. Is there a way to turn it into a *per file* setting?
>
> Here is why I want to do this:
>
> I have many .gnucash files on my system located at various places:
>
> /home/user/Documents/personal-accounting/pers.gnucash
> /home/user/Documents/business1-accounting/business1.gnucash
> /home/user/Documents/business2-accounting/business2.gnucash
>
> (I put them into separate folders to make sure the automatic backups - tons of files - don't pollute the rest of my regular Documents files)
>
> But now I want to have "attachments" folders for each:
>
> /home/user/Documents/personal-accounting/attachments/
> /home/user/Documents/business1-accounting/attachments/
> /home/user/Documents/business2-accounting/attachments/
>
> I want each .gnucash file to use *the correct relative path* (so the path would be e.g. "attachments/receipt.pdf") in each case. This is important because then I could ship the *entire folder*, e.g. /home/user/Documents/business2-accounting/ to my Business2 accountant or taxman (for audit), and they'll be able to open it in GnuCash and have *working links to all the attached files*.
>
> Regards
> TA
>