On 2022-12-20 08:48, Michael Novack wrote: > On 12/20/2022 10:22 AM, Eric Chapman wrote: >> I named my file incorrectly. I guess in GnuCash the data file is >> called a "book". I'm using .xml. >> >> Should I export and import with a new name (as discussed here in issue >> tracker: https://github.com/codinguser/gnucash-android/issues/634)? > > 1) You do NOT have to anything so complicated to rename a file. Just do > a file rename.
I agree wholeheartedly. > 2) The file extension has to be correct ONLY if you intend to "click on > object and expect the computer to select the application associated with > objects of that type". Maybe you missed a later email where the OP disclosed that this is a Mac. From what people have posted here, on a Mac you cannot just double-click a file and expect GnuCash to open it, as you can on Windows. > 3) After renaming the file, gnucash will not know how to find it until > you :"tell" gnucash the nae. In other words, you start gnucash and use > file=>open and enter the path/name of the file as renamed (and possibly > relocated) Right. And this may be a good time to tell the OP that GnuCash remembers the most-recently-used file, and the next time GnuCash is opened it opens that file automatically, or attempts to. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
