LibreOffice is a word processor with its own XML features. It very likely didn’t preserve GnuCash’s XML but instead substituted its own. Try again using a plain text editor like vi, vim, emacs, etc.
Regards, John Ralls > On Sep 12, 2018, at 4:42 AM, John Sears via gnucash-user > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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! >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >>> ----- >>> 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 >> [email protected] >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> 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 > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > 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 [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
