Yes, currently we depend on a lock file, which is sensible in a very 
traditional model.  In many apps, you can mod a file in one app and other app 
notifies you that the file changed and you can reload, like two text editors on 
the same machine.

If you have unsaved changes in the less current GnuCash instance, that is a 
mixed deal of your own making (merging changes is an AI or diff3 sort of 
problem).  But if you are modifying and saving successively on two machines in 
cloud backed files, it'd be "nice" (a modest enhancement) if the less current 
GnuCash instance read in the changes, or offered to/warned you.  Just a thought 
in passing!

-----Original Message-----
From: R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com>
To: David G. Pickett <dgpick...@aol.com>
Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org>
Sent: Mon, Jan 2, 2023 5:08 pm
Subject: Re: [GNC] Scary moment

If I  have GnuCash on one machine and then attempt to open it on another 
machine, there is a warning that the LCK file is present. (I don't know if that 
was what you intended to ask, but I have done this a couple of times by 
accident).

On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 11:10 AM David G. Pickett via gnucash-user 
<gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:


If open on multiple machines, does gnuCash notice save on one machine in open 
session on other machine, as many apps do when the local copy is updated ?  
Should it?
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