If it's typing characters that has you bothered, rename "building.gnucash" "bldgYYYY.xgc", and associate xgc with GnuCash in your OS (xgc appears to only be used by one gaming platform). You'll save hundreds of keystrokes...
On May 5, 2022 4:09:17 AM EDT, Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: >On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 07:18:32PM -0400, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: >> >> > Yes, I noticed too that there a files with a number added to the base >> > name, e.g.:- >> > >> > building.gnucash.gcm >> > building.gnucash_2.gcm >> > >> > ... but I'm not sure that it's a perfect system. >> > >> > I have reverted to having the year as part of the file name and a >> > wrapper script that finds the data file corresponding to the year >> > directory I'm in. >> > >> UH ... just because you as a human consider abcd and abcd_3 to be the same >> name misses the point that they ARE different file names as far as the >> computer is concerned, as different as you consider Fred and Freda different >> names >> >Yes, I do realise that, I was just pointing out what GnuCash appears >to do if you have two different data files (in different directories) >with the same name. I've never had a data file called >building.gnucash_2.gnucash so (I assume) GnuCash has created that file >when it found there was already a building.gnucash.gcm file for >*another* data file. > > >> However, including the year in the name when in fact these are :the same >> file except for a different year is an EXCELLENT way to go >> >Yes, except that it does make for rather long filenames. I'd really >be happiest if my GnuCash 'building' bank account data file was simply >called 'building'. It's in a directory called ~/pcc/2022 which tells >me that it's Parochial Parish Council data for 2022. > >-- >Chris Green >_______________________________________________ >gnucash-user mailing list >gnucash-user@gnucash.org >To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >----- >Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
