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

[Glenn Fowler]

Meaning this is the only option available.
However, I think the best option in your case would be to either use an
external HDD or cloud storage that way the links will still work if you
have your accountant the drive or they can open the receipt in their
browser.

On Fri, Dec 23, 2022, 12:51 PM tuuranton--- via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> 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
> >
>
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