2006 Kevin Krammer

kevin.krammer@gmx.at

This is release 0.5 of the xdg-mime Manual. xdg-file-dialog 1 xdg-file-dialog command line tool for providing file and directory selection dialogs xdg-file-dialog openfilename --title TITLE FILENAME xdg-file-dialog openfilenamelist --title TITLE FILENAME xdg-file-dialog savefilename --title TITLE FILENAME xdg-file-dialog directory --title TITLE DIRNAME xdg-file-dialog --help --manual --version The xdg-file-dialog program can be used to let the native file selection dialog handle file and directory input. xdg-file-dialog is for use inside a desktop session only. It is not recommended to use xdg-file-dialog as root. openfilename Returns the filename with path for a file to read from. FILENAME can optionally be used to specify path and filename of a preselection. openfilenamelist Returns one or more filenames with path for files to read from, each on a new line. FILENAME can optionally be used to specify path and filename of a preselection. savefilename Returns the filename with path for file to write to. FILENAME can optionally be used to specify path and filename of a preselection. directory Returns the path for an exsiting directory. DIRNAME can optionally be used to specify a path of a preselection. --title TITLE Sets the dialog's title (caption) to the specified text. --help Show command synopsis. --manual Show this manualpage. --version Show the xdg-utils version information. 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. xdg-file-dialog savefilename /tmp/foobar.png Asks for a save file name starting in directory /tmp and suggesting foobar.png as the filename xdg-file-dialog directory --title "Select a target folder" /tmp Asks for a directory name starting in directory /tmp using the text "Select a target folder" as the dialog's title/caption.