> On Jun 13, 2021, at 12:39 AM, Jim DeLaHunt <list+gnuc...@jdlh.com> wrote: > > GnuCash ships with Helper Scripts which make it easier to work with > Finance::Quote. They are: gnc-fq-check, gnc-fq-dump, gnc-fq-helper, and > gnc-fq-update. Collectively, call them gc-fq-* . > > When running these Helper Scripts from a command prompt on MacOS and Linux, > should they invoked as commands: > > % gnc-fq-check > > Or should they be invoked as an argument to a perl command: > > % perl gnc-fq-check > > ? > > The wiki page https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes#Helper_Scripts > says, pretty clearly, the former: > > "While unixoid operating systems use a shebang (#!) to associate perl scripts > with the Perl interpreter, others, e.g. Windows, will fail…. > C:\> gnc-fq-check [fails]… > so use the following: … Prefix any gnc-fq-xxx perl script command with perl > and a space: … > perl gnc-fq-check …" > > The perl invocation is described as a workaround needed on Windows because > the shebang doesn't work. All the other examples show invocation as a > command, e.g. > > $ gnc-fq-check > > This makes a difference on Unixoid systems when there are multiple Perl > installations. Presumably command invocation of the helper scripts will > always obey the shebang and thus always run the same Perl installation. But > invocation as an argument to "perl" will run whichever Perl installation the > environment dictates. > > Am I correct in guessing that GnuCash 4.5 internally invokes these scripts > (maybe just gnc-fq-helper) as an argument to a perl command? > > If so, should the wiki page https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes use > the same invocation?
The answer depends on what the user wants or in this case for which perl they want to or did install F::Q. People who have multiple perl installations shouldn't need to be told; people who need to be told then they shouldn't have multiple perl installations. Arthur Ransome opened 'Swallows and Amazons` with the doggerel "Better drowned than duffers. If not duffers won't drown." An excellent guiding principle to system administration. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
