FYI, You don’t have to re-compress the file. I just opened the uncompressed version with GnuCash and it worked just fine.
Regards, Adrien > On Sep 12, 2018, at 5:21 PM, Stephen M. Butler <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 09/12/2018 02:56 PM, John Sears via gnucash-user wrote: >> I tried gedit and atom .. but only seem to get gibberish.. my >> first few lines.. ù >> >> " �a�`��0;��F����%V����f �`uK@�S@�g�u�t����|Ϭ�����<>���==>=����mx먞��r|�������ݒ���������O����_��?������7���7����~���� o}�,ǧ}z��;���'���o�||�����뗎O������~��w��{|.��~R��C?��{�=;�u�=�#.�������\~Ƿ���yK?��{������>?;�=\_�|���ß^:�� �. ��W}���g5?;;SH����.����xu-b)g�����q��������������������8��;�o�����8���}{v���1��5Ϟ�?�~��w�'�>>�����.����l�z8��{�O�;��;zq̥����i�=���U>+r?���(~ ��������<��M痏������������������I��< �r���o�z��.����\�����⠷AU���}�� =?��ώ�[�Fc,��V ;+��5��e�����Ż^��Kħ�� >> �������?����û������__z����Y��t;�O�[�_�t��'���__>|�t79���|�=��_}���g�s�z�ˏ�.�tx����y�r��������" >> >> >> >> I'll investigate sed >> >> > > I think this is a compressed file. Your earlier editor must have > automatically uncompressed it. Perhaps why GNC couldn't open as it may > have left it uncompressed. On my box I made a copy of the gnucash file > and called it 'smb.gz' then the command 'uncompress smb.gz' worked > great and left a file called 'smb' that I could open with vi. Sed > should also be able to handle the resulting file. > > Just remember to compress it again and change the name back to the > original (keep the original under a different name). > > --Steve > > PS. I forgot what strings you were changing but I used to use sed on a > daily basis. So, if you need help just hit the list again. >> On 12/09/2018 23:53, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >>> You should not need to manually mount any external drive like a USB >>> key. It will automount for you in the /media part of the file tree as >>> you noticed. >>> >>> Your issue is likely more as John noted that LO mucked up the XML. If >>> you don’t want to attempt sed or nano, try Gedit (all come with >>> Ubuntu) or Atom. (need to install that one separately) >>> >>> I’d have to say, sed is probably the fastest method but you’ll need >>> to read over a few pages of sed command examples on replacing text, >>> be mindful of escaping special characters like “/“ and “:”. >>> Otherwise, Gedit and Atom are straight forward with no learning curve >>> with Find & Replace operations similar to LO. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Adrien >>> >>>> On Sep 12, 2018, at 8:23 AM, John Sears via gnucash-user >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> yep, I have no problem finding the files and opening them on the >>>> filing system ( naultilus) .. >>>> >>>> Although I have not done any mounting per se.. should I ? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 12/09/2018 21:17, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: >>>>> On 9/11/2018 8:00 PM, John Sears via gnucash-user wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> 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! >>>>> Been a while since I used a 'nix operating system and I don't >>>>> know what modern linuxes might provide for "automounting". But in a >>>>> traditional 'nix environment you don't just stick in removable >>>>> devices. You also have to "mount" (and when removing, "umount") them. >>>>> >>>>> In other words, I think yours is a "new 'nix user" problem. Forget >>>>> gnucash for a moment. Can you put a file (say a document) on a >>>>> removable device and then plug that device into your 'nix machine >>>>> and open it? The path will not be the same as in Windows. The path >>>>> to the data (in linux) will depend on WHERE in the linux file >>>>> system you mounted it? << The "mount" command will have specified >>>>> that >> >>>>> >>>>> Michael >>>>> >>>>> Michael D Novack > > -- > Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM > [email protected] > [email protected] > 253-350-0166 > ------------------------------------------- > GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 > > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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