On 09/12/2018 03:42 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > 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
OK. I'll try to remember that. Feels a little lazy not returning 'em to the prior state. <<grin>> >> 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. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. -- 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. 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