The --nofile parameter is fine as you are commanding GnuCash "Do not load the last file opened."
There is another option, which is to command GnuCash to open a specific file. The command line structure is: gnucash [options] [datafile] So if you add the datafile, GnuCash will open with that set of books ready to go. See "Command line options" here: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Logging Your best option depends on your workflow. I'm running GnuCash on Windows, and for my two most commonly used datafiles, I placed separate icons on my desktop so I may easily and quickly open one or both of the data files. > On 01/21/2024 8:05 AM PST Myron A Schroeder <myro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Where do I find the " --nofile runtime parameter." > > Looks like an interesting way to have more than one set of books on my > computer. > > Thanks for your help. > > Myron Schroeder > > On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 11:42 AM Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> wrote: > > > The quick and dirty solution is to save a copy of what you send to the > > accounts, under a different name (say: B4A) and when you get back the file > > from the accountants review the accounts tab of the B4A with the returned > > file. That will tell you which accounts have a change in value. You can > > then open those accounts and see what changes/corrections they made. ou > > can then make those same changes in your current file. Just make sure that > > after you save a copy (B4A) that you aren't using that file going forward > > as GC usually opens the last saved file. > > > > > > Thank You, > > > > Gyle McCollam > > > > Gyle McCollam > > > > gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email > > > > ________________________________ > > From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail....@gnucash.org> on > > behalf of Simon Roberts <si...@dancingcloudservices.com> > > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2024 8:50 AM > > To: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > > Subject: [GNC] Compare two sets of accounts? > > > > Hi all, > > > > Does GNC provide any mechanism for comparing two versions of the same set > > of accounts? > > > > I'll be sending my books to my accountant soon, and I imagine they will > > have some corrections/adjustments. I'll be giving them a laptop with GNC > > installed, so they can most easily browse, and it occurs to me that they > > could also make their changes in place. But, unless they write down > > separately every entry they create or change, I would need to somehow > > re-integrate their work with my "master" file. Either that, or I'd have to > > freeze my bookkeeping while they're working on things, and that's likely to > > take too long to be acceptable. > > > > With the hostage-taker's rent-ware that I used to use, there was a specific > > mechanism for an "accountant's copy" and a means to merge the changes back > > automatically. But I've failed to find this in the docs for GNC (quite > > possibly as a result of poor / uninspired searching!) > > > > Is this supported directly? Is this something folks have found an approach > > for? I suppose, as a not quite worst case, I could simply diff the XML file > > itself, but that's going to produce results that will be somewhat messy, at > > best. But at least I'd know something about what changed. > > > > What ideas can you offer (or manual pages, if I've failed that > > embarrassingly!) > > > > TIA, > > Simon > > > > > > -- > > Simon Roberts > > 303 249 3613 > > https://www.youtube.com/@DancingCloudServices > > https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonhgroberts/ > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > 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 > > ----- > > 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 > ----- > 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
