[GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

[Patrick James]

The --nofile parameter is fine as you are commanding GnuCash "Do not load the last file opened."

There is another option, which is to command GnuCash to open a specific file.

The command line structure is: gnucash [options] [datafile]

So if you add the datafile, GnuCash will open with that set of books ready to go.

See "Command line options" here:

https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Logging

Your best option depends on your workflow. I'm running GnuCash on Windows, and for my two most commonly used datafiles, I placed separate icons on my desktop so I may easily and quickly open one or both of the data files.


> On 01/21/2024 8:05 AM PST Myron A Schroeder <myronas at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> Where do I find the " --nofile runtime parameter."
> 
> Looks like an interesting way to have more than one set of books on my
> computer.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Myron Schroeder
> 
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 11:42 AM Gyle McCollam <gmccollam at live.com> wrote:
> 
> > The quick and dirty solution is to save a copy of what you send to the
> > accounts, under a different name (say: B4A) and when you get back the file
> > from the accountants review the accounts tab of the B4A with the returned
> > file.  That will tell you which accounts have a change in value.  You can
> > then open those accounts and see what changes/corrections they made.  ou
> > can then make those same changes in your current file.  Just make sure that
> > after you save a copy (B4A) that you aren't using that file going forward
> > as GC usually opens the last saved file.
> >
> >
> > Thank You,
> >
> > Gyle McCollam
> >
> > Gyle McCollam
> >
> > gmccollam at live.com<mailto:gmccollam at gyleshomes.com>           email
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org> on
> > behalf of Simon Roberts <simon at dancingcloudservices.com>
> > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2024 8:50 AM
> > To: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> > Subject: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Does GNC provide any mechanism for comparing two versions of the same set
> > of accounts?
> >
> > I'll be sending my books to my accountant soon, and I imagine they will
> > have some corrections/adjustments. I'll be giving them a laptop with GNC
> > installed, so they can most easily browse, and it occurs to me that they
> > could also make their changes in place. But, unless they write down
> > separately every entry they create or change, I would need to somehow
> > re-integrate their work with my "master" file. Either that, or I'd have to
> > freeze my bookkeeping while they're working on things, and that's likely to
> > take too long to be acceptable.
> >
> > With the hostage-taker's rent-ware that I used to use, there was a specific
> > mechanism for an "accountant's copy" and a means to merge the changes back
> > automatically. But I've failed to find this in the docs for GNC (quite
> > possibly as a result of poor / uninspired searching!)
> >
> > Is this supported directly? Is this something folks have found an approach
> > for? I suppose, as a not quite worst case, I could simply diff the XML file
> > itself, but that's going to produce results that will be somewhat messy, at
> > best. But at least I'd know something about what changed.
> >
> > What ideas can you offer (or manual pages, if I've failed that
> > embarrassingly!)
> >
> > TIA,
> > Simon
> >
> >
> > --
> > Simon Roberts
> > 303 249 3613
> > https://www.youtube.com/@DancingCloudServices
> > https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonhgroberts/
> > _______________________________________________
> > gnucash-user mailing list
> > gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:
> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
> > -----
> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
> > _______________________________________________
> > gnucash-user mailing list
> > gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:
> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
> > -----
> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
> >
> _______________________________________________
> gnucash-user mailing list
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:
> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
> -----
> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.