[GNC] Compare two sets of accounts?

[Michael or Penny Novack]

On 1/21/2024 11:05 AM, Myron A Schroeder 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.
>
What operating system are you using? Perhaps as much to the point, if 
you are getting to gnucash by a "shortcut" (an icon that you click) do 
you know how to look at what that is actually doing? How to edit that?

For example, if you are running under Windows and have an icon for 
gnucash, and you RIGHT CLICK on that icon you get a drop down list of 
things you can do with that shortcut. At (or near) the bottom of that 
list is "properties" (let me look at the properties of this object). If 
you click on that choice (and the shortcut was to the application 
gnucash) you'll see those properties. That it is an application (the 
type of the target), where located (in a binary library) and exactly 
what the target is (what clicking on the object sends to the command 
line to execute, since that's what is done for an application.

WELL -- you can edit that line to add a runtime parameter, in this case, 
append --nofile (space in between)

Michael D Novack

PS --- STRONG SUGGESTION --- Do not simply do this. First make a copy of 
that object (the same dropdown list where "properties" was) and rename 
it. THAT is how you can back out a failed attempt. Now try to do the 
edit of the target (add the --nofile)  Back out and see what happens 
when you click the icon now. If it works (brings up gnucash without 
opening any file you are done (delete the backup copy). Otherwise you 
can use "copy" again to retry.