[GNC] Linux gnucash saves files to home directory.

[Derek Atkins]

HI,
This is a limitation of Flatpak.
If you install GnuCash natively then it will save it back to the same
directory where the file was opened from.
-derek

On Sat, June 29, 2024 9:48 am, Chris Green wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 05:01:12PM -0400, Victor Rotenberg wrote:
>> I want files the gnucash files (v5.6 flatpak install)  to save into
>> /home/documents/gnudata.) . Instead it places the files .log, .lck
>> ,gnucash, into the home directory above all my other working folders.
>>
> Yes, it's an absolite pain isn't it!?
>
> I've muttered about this several times in the past but it doesn't seem
> to trouble most people.  I just wish there was a way to tell GnuCash
> to put its "working" files in some user definable sub-directory
> instead of in the directory that **I'm** working in.
>
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