Re: [GNC] Lightweight multi-user enhancement suggestion

Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:24:25 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.apps.gnucash.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 7/15/2026 11:33 AM, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote:
> It occurred to me that, once a save has been completed, gnucash could delete the lock file.  This would allow either another user of networked files or a botch run for finance quotes to update the file.  If the running original gnucash goes to modify his memory or display a new page or report, a flag can tell it that it deleted the lock, and so check the age of the file and reload if necessary before creating a new lock file.  This is a lot of functionality and not a lot of code to get file sharing.

Supporting multiple concurrent users properly is a lot more complicated 
than that. Look up what a "database manger" does.

Michael D Novack
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