Hi, John --
On Tue, 20 Mar 2012, John Wiegley wrote:
> Can you send me a small test case which demonstrates this behavior? It sounds
> buggish to me...
Start with this simple file, testfile.dat:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
2005/01/03 * Pay Credit card
Liabilities:CredCard $1,000.00 ; Electronic/ACH Debit
Assets:Current:Checking ; Electronic/ACH Debit
(Virtualaccount) $1,000.00
2006/01/03 Gift shop
Expenses:Gifts $46.50
* Liabilities:CredCard
2006/01/03 Bike shop
Expenses:Misc $199.00
* Liabilities:CredCard
(testvirtual) $184.72
2006/01/04 Store
Expenses:Misc $49.95
* Liabilities:CredCard
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
ledger -f testfile.dat bal yields:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$-1,000.00 Assets:Current:Checking
$295.45 Expenses
$46.50 Gifts
$248.95 Misc
$704.55 Liabilities:CredCard
$1,000.00 Virtualaccount
$184.72 testvirtual
--------------------
$1,184.72
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
ledger -f testfile.dat bal -R yields:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$-1,000.00 Assets:Current:Checking
$295.45 Expenses
$46.50 Gifts
$248.95 Misc
$704.55 Liabilities:CredCard
--------------------
0
ledger -f testfile.dat equity -e 2006 > testequity.dat
Contents of testequity.dat:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
2005/01/03 Opening Balances
Assets:Current:Checking $-1,000.00
Liabilities:CredCard $1,000.00
(Virtualaccount) $1,000.00
Equity:Opening Balances $-1,000.00
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Now insert !include testequity.dat at the top of testfile.dat and delete
the 2005 entry:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
!include ~/testequity.dat
2006/01/03 Gift shop
Expenses:Gifts $46.50
* Liabilities:CredCard
2006/01/03 Bike shop
Expenses:Misc $199.00
* Liabilities:CredCard
(testvirtual) $184.72
2006/01/04 Store
Expenses:Misc $49.95
* Liabilities:CredCard
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Now ledger -f testfile.dat bal [with or without -R] yields:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
In file included from "testfile.dat", line 3:
While parsing file "testequity.dat", line 5:
While balancing transaction from "testequity.dat", lines 1-5:
> 2005/01/03 Opening Balances
> Assets:Current:Checking $-1,000.00
> Liabilities:CredCard $1,000.00
> (Virtualaccount) $1,000.00
> Equity:Opening Balances $-1,000.00
Unbalanced remainder is:
$-1,000.00
Amount to balance against:
$2,000.00
Error: Transaction does not balance
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If I remove the "$1,000.00" from the last line of testequity.dat, then the
bal command works
ledger -f testfile.dat bal:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$-1,000.00 Assets:Current:Checking
$295.45 Expenses
$46.50 Gifts
$248.95 Misc
$704.55 Liabilities:CredCard
$1,000.00 Virtualaccount
$184.72 testvirtual
--------------------
$1,184.72
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
and ledger -f testfile.dat bal -R:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$-1,000.00 Assets:Current:Checking
$295.45 Expenses
$46.50 Gifts
$248.95 Misc
$704.55 Liabilities:CredCard
--------------------
0
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
It appears to me that when parsing the included file, ledger expects even
postings with (virtual accounts) to balance, but that it *doesn't* expect
(virtual accounts) in the file itself (in the example above, testfile.dat)
to balance.
--John
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John Rakestraw
