The attached patch allows you to override the '.gnucash' directory.
Currently, this always defaults to ${HOME}/.gnucash which is a problem
if you are developing GNC, and don't want to impact the existing stable
GNC2.0.x installation that I'm using for my real accounts.
Essentially, setting the "GNC_DOT_DIR" environment variable will cause
the dotdir and it's associated files to sit in ${GNC_DOT_DIR}. If the
variable is not set, the old behaviour is used.
James
Index: src/engine/gnc-filepath-utils.c
===================================================================
--- src/engine/gnc-filepath-utils.c (revision 15738)
+++ src/engine/gnc-filepath-utils.c (working copy)
@@ -382,14 +382,17 @@
if (dotgnucash)
return dotgnucash;
- home = g_get_home_dir();
- if (!home) {
- g_warning("Cannot find home directory. Using tmp directory instead.");
- home = g_get_tmp_dir();
+ dotgnucash = getenv("GNC_DOT_DIR");
+ if(!dotgnucash) {
+ home = g_get_home_dir();
+ if (!home) {
+ g_warning("Cannot find home directory. Using tmp directory
instead.");
+ home = g_get_tmp_dir();
+ }
+ g_assert(home);
+
+ dotgnucash = g_build_filename(home, ".gnucash", (gchar *)NULL);
}
- g_assert(home);
-
- dotgnucash = g_build_filename(home, ".gnucash", (gchar *)NULL);
gnc_validate_directory(dotgnucash);
/* Since we're in code that is only executed once.... */
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