On 2025-08-16, Henry Mitchell wrote: > If I set the posting cost as above, it creates a pricedb entry that affects > the cash purchases. If I use a virtual posting cost using (@@), the pricedb > entry doesn't get created, but `--historical --exchange USD` seems to > ignore the explicit posting cost, so all 3 postings get valued at 10.00 > USD. Is this intended behavior?
I think it does makes sense, because you're effectively just ignoring it. > If so, how can I have it show the Cash > transactions as 10.00 USD and the Credit transaction as 11.00 USD? > I *think* you don't want the historical value (the fair market value of the commodity at the time you purchased it), you want what you *actually* paid (regardless of any discounts or fees to the fmv)... so you want the basis, no? So just --basis instead of --historical? Tavis. -- _o) $ lynx lock.cmpxchg8b.com /\\ _o) _o) $ finger [email protected] _\_V _( ) _( ) @taviso -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/108nuoi%24tg9%241%40ciao.gmane.io.
