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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Getting the current directory in a service menu
From:       "ne..." <akabi () speakeasy ! net>
Date:       2003-09-08 11:52:07
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On Sep 8, 2003 at 02:55, James Richard Tyrer in a maddening rage wrote:

>David Faure wrote:
>> On Monday 08 September 2003 00:26, Henrique Pinto wrote:
>> 
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Is there any way to pass the name of the directory that is being visualized in 
>>>Konqueror to an external app in the "Exec=" line of the desktop file of a 
>>>service menu? I tried putting "." and "$PWD", but they always expand to the 
>>>home directory, instead of the current one.
>> 
>> 
>> Try %d
>> (see the "desktop entry standard" on developer.kde.org or in kdelibs/kio)
>> 
>I think that what he wants is for it to work like this:
>
>Giver <dir> and <command>
>
>	cd <dir>
>	<command>
>
>with the "Exec" in a desktop file.
>
>You should be able to use:
>
>	cd <dir>; <command>
In Linux for <command> to act on files in <dir> you would
have to do:

	cd <dir> && <command>

HTH.

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