[GNC] Linux gnucash saves files to home directory.

[Dale Alspach]

My experience is similar. I have OS linux mint 21.1 and have been using
flatpaks for a few years. Currently 5.6-2. The log, backups and *.LCK land
in the same directory where the current gnucash data is,
~/Documents/gnucash. I created this directory in January of 2023 when I
changed computers so this was only used with flatpaks.

Dale

On Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 9:41 AM Dr. Gideon Fell <drgfell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Colleagues,
>         A quick hint. I originally installed the package from my
> distribution,
> Debian. Opened GnuCash and saved the GnuCash data file into ~/GnuCash,
> where I wanted it. This put the file into the ~/GnuCash directory. THEN
> I installed from flatpak. Went to ~/GnuCash, and opened the GnuCash data
> file from there, Ever since, even as I update via flatpak, it
> automatically uses that file. Your mileage may vary.
>
> Ron B.
>
> On 6/29/24 10:20, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > 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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