[GNC] Accessing data on a windows share fro a link app

[Brad Morrison]

Hi Mike & GNUCash users, 

Possibly minor point, but what version of Linux Mint are you using?
https://www.linuxmint.com/download_all.php 

Does your bookkeeper use Windows or Linux to access your GNUCash data
file? 

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On 2025-02-19 09:10, Mike Brady wrote:

> Couple more notes:
> 
> I dual-boot Windows 11 and Linux Mint on the same machine. Windows and Linux are installed on separate physical disks (though separate partitions work the same way), and data are on other separate disks (machine has 2 SSDs and 2 HDs. Mint (Gnucash 5.10 in Flatpack) has no problem working with the Gnucash data files on the separate data disk (NTFS) out of the box. Other flavors of Linux might need something added to do that. Primary system used for Gnucash work, however, is Window. Because of dual-booting, there is no possibility of both OS's having the data file open at the same time.
> 
> I don't regularly do it, but I can also copy my Gnucash data to Onedrive and work on if from a different machine. Onedrive simply acts as network-attached storage in that application. Gnucash does simple locking when opening the file, so there would be at least a speed bump if somebody else tried to open the file from Onedrive while I was working on it. Again, seldom used.
> 
> My main way of sharing the Gnucash data is by sneakernetting USB sticks with the bookkeeper. Then, of course, trying to remember where the most recent copy of the data file is ... I'm prone to "Dory" moments (see "Little Mermaid"). ;-)
> 
> Yes, more questions need to be answered...
> 
> Mike Brady
> 
> On 2/19/2025 7:34 AM, gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org wrote: Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:34:41 -0500
> From: Michael or Penny Novack<stepbystepfarm at comcast.net>
> To:gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Accessing data on a windows share fro a link app
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> On 2/19/2025 3:07 AM, Geoff wrote: This is a Windows/Linux networking question, not specific to GnuCash
> per se. Yes, and there OTHER questions you need to answer. Are these two different machines (connected by a LAN)? Is this on the same machine? If so, is this two separate partitions? Or is Linux running in a Windows partition (by one of the ways that can be done) or vice versa? Oh, one more possibility. Here my cable-wireless modem has several Ethernet and USB ports (for example, our printers connect to the modem by Ethernet*) So COULD have a data drive connected with the gnucash data not on either machine. Michael D Novack * One of those printers WOULD support direct wireless, but the if off 24+ hours I'd have to go through getting it reconnected.
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