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#!/bin/sh
#---------------------------------------------
# xdg-desktop-icon
#
# Utility script to install desktop items on a Linux desktop.
#
# Refer to the usage() function below for usage.
#
# Copyright 2006, Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at>
# Copyright 2006, Jeremy White <jwhite@codeweavers.com>
#
# LICENSE:
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
# in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
# OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
# THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
# OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
# ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
# OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
#
#---------------------------------------------
usage()
{
cat << _USAGE
xdg-desktop-icon -- command line tool for (un)installing icons to the
desktop
Synopsis
xdg-desktop-icon install [--vendor vendor-id] FILE
xdg-desktop-icon uninstall [--vendor vendor-id] FILE
xdg-desktop-icon { --help | --manual | --version }
_USAGE
}
manualpage()
{
cat << _MANUALPAGE
Name
xdg-desktop-icon -- command line tool for (un)installing icons to the
desktop
Synopsis
xdg-desktop-icon install [--vendor vendor-id] FILE
xdg-desktop-icon uninstall [--vendor vendor-id] FILE
xdg-desktop-icon { --help | --manual | --version }
Description
The xdg-desktop-icon program can be used to install an application
launcher or other file on the desktop of the current user.
An application launcher is represented by a *.desktop file. Desktop files
are defined by the freedesktop.org Desktop Entry Specification. The most
important aspects of *.desktop files are summarized below.
Commands
install
Installs FILE to the desktop of the current user. FILE can be a
*.desktop file or any other type of file.
uninstall
Removes FILE from the desktop of the current user.
Options
--vendor vendor-id
Adds vendor-id as a prefix when installing desktop files.
--help
Show command synopsis.
--manual
Show this manualpage.
--version
Show the xdg-utils version information.
Desktop Files
An application launcher can be added to the desktop by installing a
*.desktop file. A *.desktop file consists of a [Desktop Entry] header
followed by several Key=Value lines.
A *.desktop file can provide a name and description for an application in
several different languages. This is done by adding a language code as
used by LC_MESSAGES in square brackets behind the Key. This way one can
specify different values for the same Key depending on the currently
selected language.
The following keys are often used:
Value=1.0
This is a mandatory field to indicate that the *.desktop file
follows the 1.0 version of the specification.
Type=Application
This is a mandatory field that indicates that the *.desktop file
describes an application launcher.
Name=Application Name
The name of the application. For example Mozilla
GenericName=Generic Name
A generic description of the application. For example Web Browser
Comment=Comment
Optional field to specify a tooltip for the application. For
example Visit websites on the Internet
Icon=Icon File
The icon to use for the application. This can either be an
absolute path to an image file or an icon-name. If an icon-name is
provided an image lookup by name is done in the user's current
icon theme. The xdg-icon-resource command can be used to install
image files into icon themes. The advantage of using an icon-name
instead of an absolute path is that with an icon-name the
application icon can be provided in several different sizes as
well as in several differently themed styles.
Exec=Command Line
The command line to start the application. If the application can
open files the %f placeholder should be specified. When a file is
dropped on the application launcher the %f is replaced with the
file path of the dropped file. If multiple files can be specified
on the command line the %F placeholder should be used instead of
%f. If the application is able to open URLs in addition to local
files then %u or %U can be used instead of %f or %F.
For a complete oveview of the *.desktop file format please visit
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards/desktop-entry-spec
Environment Variables
xdg-desktop-icon honours the following environment variables:
XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL
Setting this environment variable to a non-zero numerical value
makes xdg-desktop-icon do more verbose reporting on stderr.
Setting a higher value increases the verbosity.
Exit Codes
An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code indicates
failure. The following failure codes can be returned:
1
Error in command line syntax.
2
One of the files passed on the command line did not exist.
3
A required tool could not be found.
4
The action failed.
5
No permission to read one of the files passed on the command line.
See Also
xdg-icon-resource(1)
Examples
The company ShinyThings Inc. has developed an application named
"WebMirror" and would like to add a launcher for for on the desktop. The
company will use "shinythings" as its vendor id. In order to add the
application to the desktop there needs to be a .desktop file for the
application:
webmirror.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Exec=webmirror
Icon=webmirror
Name=WebMirror
Name[nl]=WebSpiegel
Now the xdg-desktop-icon tool can be used to add the webmirror.desktop
file to the desktop:
xdg-desktop-icon install --vendor shinythings ./webmirror.desktop
To add a README file to the desktop as well, the following command can be
used:
xdg-desktop-icon install ./shinythings-README
_MANUALPAGE
}
#@xdg-utils-common@
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Common utility functions included in all XDG wrapper scripts
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
DEBUG()
{
[ ${XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL-0} -lt $1 ] && return 0;
shift
echo "$@" >&2
}
#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Exit script on successfully completing the desired operation
exit_success()
{
if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
echo "$@"
echo
fi
exit 0
}
#-----------------------------------------
# Exit script on malformed arguments, not enough arguments
# or missing required option.
# prints usage information
exit_failure_syntax()
{
if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
echo "xdg-desktop-icon: $@" >&2
echo "Try 'xdg-desktop-icon --help' for more information." >&2
else
usage
echo "Use 'man xdg-desktop-icon' or 'xdg-desktop-icon --manual' for additional info."
fi
exit 1
}
#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Exit script on missing file specified on command line
exit_failure_file_missing()
{
if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
echo "xdg-desktop-icon: $@" >&2
fi
exit 2
}
#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Exit script on failure to locate necessary tool applications
exit_failure_operation_impossible()
{
if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
echo "xdg-desktop-icon: $@" >&2
fi
exit 3
}
#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Exit script on failure returned by a tool application
exit_failure_operation_failed()
{
if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
echo "xdg-desktop-icon: $@" >&2
fi
exit 4
}
#------------------------------------------------------------
# Exit script on insufficient permission to read a specified file
exit_failure_file_permission_read()
{
if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
echo "xdg-desktop-icon: $@" >&2
fi
exit 5
}
#------------------------------------------------------------
# Exit script on insufficient permission to read a specified file
exit_failure_file_permission_write()
{
if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
echo "xdg-desktop-icon: $@" >&2
fi
exit 6
}
check_input_file()
{
if [ ! -e "$1" ]; then
exit_failure_file_missing "file '$1' does not exist"
fi
if [ ! -r "$1" ]; then
exit_failure_file_permission_read "no permission to read file '$1'"
fi
}
check_output_file()
{
# if the file exists, check if it is writeable
# if it does not exists, check if we are allowed to write on the directory
if [ -e "$1" ]; then
if [ ! -w "$1" ]; then
exit_failure_file_permission_write "no permission to write to file '$1'"
fi
else
DIR=`dirname "$1"`
if [ ! -w "$DIR" -o ! -x "$DIR" ]; then
exit_failure_file_permission_write "no permission to create file '$1'"
fi
fi
}
#----------------------------------------
# Checks for shared commands, e.g. --help
check_common_commands()
{
while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
parm="$1"
shift
case "$parm" in
--help)
usage
echo "Use 'man xdg-desktop-icon' or 'xdg-desktop-icon --manual' for additional info."
exit_success
;;
--manual)
manualpage
exit_success
;;
--version)
echo "xdg-desktop-icon 1.0beta1"
exit_success
;;
esac
done
}
check_common_commands "$@"
if [ ${XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL-0} -lt 1 ]; then
# Be silent
xdg_redirect_output=" > /dev/null 2> /dev/null"
else
# All output to stderr
xdg_redirect_output=" >&2"
fi
#--------------------------------------
# Checks for known desktop environments
# set variable DE to the desktop environments name, lowercase
detectDE()
{
if [ x"$KDE_FULL_SESSION" = x"true" ]; then DE=kde;
elif [ x"$GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID" != x"" ]; then DE=gnome;
elif xprop -root _DT_SAVE_MODE | grep ' = \"xfce4\"$' >/dev/null 2>&1; then DE=xfce;
fi
}
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ x"$1" != x"" ] || exit_failure_syntax
action=
desktop_file=
case $1 in
install)
action=install
;;
uninstall)
action=uninstall
;;
*)
exit_failure_syntax "unknown command '$1'"
;;
esac
shift
while [ $# -gt 0 ] ; do
parm=$1
shift
case $parm in
--vendor)
if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
exit_failure_syntax "vendor-id argument missing for --vendor"
fi
vendor=$1
shift
;;
-*)
exit_failure_syntax "unexpected option '$parm'"
;;
*)
if [ -n "$desktop_file" ] ; then
exit_failure_syntax "unexpected argument '$parm'"
fi
if [ "$action" = "install" ] ; then
check_input_file "$parm"
fi
desktop_file=$parm
;;
esac
done
# Shouldn't happen
if [ -z "$action" ] ; then
exit_failure_syntax "command argument missing"
fi
if [ -z "$desktop_file" ] ; then
exit_failure_syntax "FILE argument missing"
fi
filetype=
case $desktop_file in
*.desktop)
filetype=desktop
;;
*)
filetype=other
;;
esac
my_umask=077
desktop_dir=$HOME/Desktop
[ -w $desktop_dir ] || desktop_dir=
# echo "[using|$desktop_dir]"
basefile=`basename $desktop_file`
[ -z $vendor ] || [ x"$filetype" != x"desktop" ] || basefile=$vendor-$basefile
DEBUG 1 "$action $desktop_file in $desktop_dir"
case $action in
install)
save_umask=`umask`
umask $my_umask
for x in $desktop_dir ; do
mkdir -p $x
eval 'cp $desktop_file $x/$basefile'$xdg_redirect_output
done
umask $save_umask
;;
uninstall)
for x in $desktop_dir ; do
rm -f $x/$basefile
done
;;
esac
exit_success
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