For future reference, you can do: `cat $TMPDIR/gnucash.trace`
on 10.13 (High Sierra) and later, otherwise: `find /var/folders -name gnucash.trace` to get the path. All of this per the wiki: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile Regards, Adrien > On Jun 22, 2020 w26d174, at 2:22 PM, Jeff Earickson <jaear...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > John, > > "open Gnucash.app" via command-line gives the same error code 1 in > system.log, nothing else happens. > > I had to hunt for a gnucash.trace file by walking the root directory with > find. Finally found something in > /System/Volumes/data/private/var/folders/(other stuff)/gnucash.trace. I > zeroed out the tile via "cat /dev/null > gnucash.trace" then started > clicking and trying to open the app via command-line. Not a single byte > went to this file. Just the errcode 1 to system.log. > > Then I tried via the commond-line, running the executable: > > cd /Applications/Gnucash/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS > ./Gnucash --debug --extra --logto /tmp/gnucash.trace > > The application opened up, wanted me to create a new account, I clicked > thru the "next" buttons to do so, and then it crashed. I realize this may > be a different problem than the "fail to open" issue, but the latter > problem refuses to cough up a tracefile anyplace. See attached. > > Thanks, > Jeff Earickson _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel