On 09/30/2018 10:07 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > >>> On Sep 29, 2018, at 4:30 AM, Robert Kesterson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: > >>> >>> When I open Gnucash, it opens the last file I had open, which is >>> great. Then I start the second instance from a terminal with “open >>> -n /Applications/GnuCash.app” and it starts up. Since the most >>> recent file is already open, it will complain that it can’t get the >>> lock and ask what I want to do. Since there isn’t an “open a >>> different file” option ........... > > But there IS a way to open gnucash for another file. Or rather a way > to start gnucash without it opening a file, thus allowing you to > specify what file you want to open. The -nofile option << I don't know > exactly how to specify that for a mac >> > > I am always opening gnucash that way since keeping four sets of books > and the last opened is usually not the one I want to open. > > Michael >
I found it easier to just navigate to the file with the file explorer (at least on Linux) and double click on the file. GnuCash then launches and opens that file. > _______________________________________________ > 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. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
