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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Getting the current directory in a service menu
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2003-09-08 17:49:35
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ne... wrote:
> 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>

Thank you for being so kind as to correct me.

The problem is that what I said is NOT wrong.

Also, it isn't a Linux question, it is a Bash question.

If you would read the Bash manual, you would see that the use of ";" is 
correct in this instance.  You use it when you need to combine more than 
one line into one command.

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JRT

 
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