[GNC] Excessive Quote Lookups

[Patrick James]

It the extra personal URL hit that I'm concerned about.

Not cool.

I wish it were "opt in" rather than "opt out," but now I know how to set it up.

Thanks.

> On 09/14/2026 9:49 AM PDT Bruce Schuck <bschuck at asgard-systems.com> wrote:
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> On 2026-09-03 11:03:47 EDT, Paul Kroitor wrote:
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> > But it's quite possibly someone who thoughtlessly set up an automated 
> > check long ago, such as checking the price of Google once a minute, 24
> > hours a day and 365 days a year.
> 
> 
> This anomaly has only occurred in August. So definitely not "long ago".
> 
> 
> > Is there anyway to get a request log?
> 
> I discovered this because of simple logging. In the main F::Q module 
> there is a snippet of code that hits a URL on a personal web page. To 
> avoid/minimize privacy issues, only the F::Q version and request method 
> is logged in addition to normal HTTP log data.
> 
> 
> Each month I process that the previous month's HTTP log and the results 
> are published on https://panix.com/~hd-fxsts/webalizer/
> 
> 
> Users can opt out by setting the environment variable "FQ_NOCOUNT" prior 
> to executing GnuCash or F::Q.
>