[GNC] Move files

Fred Tydeman tydeman.fred at gmail.com
Sat Feb 4 14:44:31 EST 2023


Is there a way to clear the list of recently used files (MRU list) ?

On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 11:40 AM Stan Brown (using GC 2.6.19) <
stan+gnucash at fastmail.fm> wrote:

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> > On 2023-02-04 11:25, Fred Tydeman wrote:
> >> I am running GnuCash 4.13 on Linux.
> >> Will I run into problems if I move some of my files (books) to another
> >> directory?
> >>
> >> I had been creating test files in the same directory as my real file.
> >> I want to move all of the test files to another directory.
>
> On 2023-02-04 11:32, Stan Brown (using GC 2.6.19) wrote:
> This has been answered a zillion times, in one form or another. GC is
> just fine with your moving data files, but the _user_ may get confused
> because the list of recently used files (MRU list) shows only the name,
> not the location.
>
> If you do File » Save As, the file will show up in GC's MRU list, but
> depending on how long that list is there may be a second, "orphan" entry
> for the old location.
>
> If you use your operating system to move the files, of course the MRU
> list won't be updated, but as you say these are test files that probably
> doesn't matter.
>
> Stan Brown
> Tehachapi, CA, USA
> https://BrownMath.com
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