A good question... it goes back to the fact that I have GnuCash install on Windows, Mac, and Linux (Ubuntu); I primarily use Mac and Windows for my finances, but I do use Linux once in a while.
So, if I use an absolute path, the linked document will (probably) only work on the platform that did the linking. (I'm guessing that Mac and Ubuntu will probably work, but if the receipts are on a mounted drive, the mount points are different on the Mac than on Ubuntu). So, originally, I was wondering if I created a "Receipts" directory on the NAS and put all of the receipts there, then I could linke each one as a relative path (with no path separators), would it work? The answers I received seemed to indicate "yes", because even though the paths are different, the location is installed in the preferences file locally for each machine. (It is precisely because I know of issues with path separators and mount points that I have not been using linked documents; I was explaining the features of GnuCash to someone and mentioned linked documents, and I started wondering if there was a way that I could use them). On Mon, Feb 2, 2026 at 9:00 PM Adrien Monteleone < [email protected]> wrote: > R, > > Back to your original topic: > > I'm curious, and not quite understanding. > > Why not simply link a particular document to the relevant particular > transaction? > > Why do you find a need to link a location of multiple documents to that > transaction instead? (links are not to entire accounts, only individual > transactions) > > I think of the feature as more of a 'photo/scan of a receipt' feature > than any general document linkage. > > There are much better document management systems for personal assets, > specifically designed for that purpose. > > The purpose (I gather) for the transaction attachment is to document the > transaction, and only the transaction. (like a scanned copy of an > invoice, or grocery receipt) > > If you have a case where multiple documents are *all* associated with a > transaction (say, invoice, bill of lading, original purchase order) and > you want to link all of them, then a single-document multi-page PDF > would suffice. (presuming you don't also need those documents to exist > separately for use in an independent system!) > > Regards, > Adrien > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey [email protected] Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ 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.
