Hi ,
My file doesn't seem to be compressed. I managed to open it up directly
in LibreOffice Word and do the replacement. and then save the file as a
.xml. ( over 9000 pages !)
I don't seem to be able to open this XML file in GNC.. I get the "No
suitable backend was found for /media/john/USB DISK/trialgnucash2.gnucash."
Any ideas?
I'm sorry if these are such newbie quesions :(
Thanks John
GNC 2.6.19
On 12/09/2018 11:49, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
Perhaps someone else who’s come across this might offer some tips, but here’s
how I’d approach it:
Your data file (if using the default backend) is just an XML file that is
compressed.
Uncompress it (with tar) and use either your favorite text editor or sed command to
conduct a find&replace.
If you’re using one of the SQL backends, you can run an UPDATE command to
replace the given text. (research this command well for your particular backend
before proceeding)
You only need to replace the “G:/documents” or whatever you used part of the
file path, not the actual pdf file name. If the bulk of the path is the same as
before, just say mounted on /media instead of G:/ then you only need to replace
“G:” with “/media” (the slash left over after “:” will continue the path)
In any case, I’d work on a copy of your data file and then check it out to make
sure everything is fine. Then perhaps store the non-modified copy as an extra
backup just in case you find a problem down the road.
Don’t forget to change your default path in GnuCash preferences.
Regards,
Adrien
On Sep 11, 2018, at 7:00 PM, John Sears via gnucash-user
<[email protected]> wrote:
When using the associate files function for a transaction within
GNUCash on Windows, I stored all of my pdfs on an external USB/ SD
card. Windows mapped this address with a letter, G, in this case. ( I
also store my accounts on this same card now)
So my files were all stored on G:/documents/xxx.pdf
Now that I have transferred to Linux, this path is not recognised - "
GNUCash could not open the associated URI: file:///G:/documents/xxx.pdf"
Is there a way to bulk edit the paths of all the links so that Linux
will recognise the SD path? I would prefer not to go into every
single transaction to do this, as I have a lot of linked files.
Or is there someway ( and this might be more of a Linux question) to map
the SD card to the "file:///G" terminology.
Thanks!
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