Re: Need help with shell script.
The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]>
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On 12/08/2026 09:15, Nuno Silva wrote: > On 2026-08-12, pH wrote: > >> On 2026-08-11, Marco Moock <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Am 10.08.26 um 01:32 schrieb pH: >>>> so I thought I'd make a clickable icon on the Desktop to make it easy for >>>> her. >>> >>> What does that mean? >>> Is it a .desktop file with the right content? >>> >> >> A directory of Desktop (ls -a) shows no dot files besides . and .. > > It'd not be a dot file, but a non-dot file with a name ending on > .desktop. > >> Mint calls them a "launcher" and it appears as an icon on the Desktop if you >> are graphical. > > If you have the failing one around, see if the content is something > short that you could share here. (IIRC these ought to be plain text?) > They are, I already posted one and noted that the xdg program invokes them - or is invoked by them they are xdg config files e.g. a home made one - see directory ~/.config/mate/panel2.d/default/launchers$ more Mount.desktop #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Application Terminal=false Icon=/usr/share/icons/Tango/32x32/apps/update-manager.png Icon[en_GB]=/usr/share/icons/Tango/32x32/apps/update-manager.png Name[en_GB]=Mount VPS Exec=/usr/local/bin/mount-vps Comment[en_GB]=NFS mount our remote servers Name=Mount VPS Comment=NFS mount our remote servers -- “It is hard to imagine a more stupid decision or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.” Thomas Sowell