09-01-2008
how to create and remove desktop icons from shell scripts
hi all
how to create and remove desktop icons or icons from shell scripts?
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
wm-icons-config
WM-ICONS-CONFIG(1) General Commands Manual WM-ICONS-CONFIG(1)
NAME
wm-icons-config - show and set configuration for wm-icons
SYNOPSIS
wm-icons-config [options] NAME [ICON_SET] ...
DESCRIPTION
This show wm-icons package configuration, and the list of installed icon sets. It also is used to set aliases to icon-sets in system or
user space. In the synopsis above, NAME is icon alias name, ICON_SET is icon set directory (for example: mini 16x16-default). If NAME
already exists as an alias, it is not overwritten, unless the --force option is given. Explicit NAMEs override --defaults. Just the alias
names are given for --which and --remove options.
OPTIONS
Informational options: display info and exit
--help Print a short usage message
--version
Show version number and exit
--inst-dir
Show wm-icons installed icon directory and exit
--user-dir
Show wm-icons user icon directory and exit
--show-defaults
Show default aliases and exit
--show-aliases
Show the aliases currently present. One of --global, --personal, --user-dir must be given
--show-sets
Show a list of installed icon sets
Directory selection options: precisely one of these must be given
--global
Set up global (system-wide) links in the base dir
--personal
Set up personal links in ~/.wm-icons
--user-dir=USER_DIR
Set up links in USER_DIR
Choice of links: at least one of these must be given
--defaults
Set up default aliases, as shown by --show-defaults
Extra options
--remove
Remove the symlinks rather than creating them, return (0, 1)
--which
Show the icon set for the given alias(es), return (0, 1)
--quiet
Do not output results of alias manipulating to stdout
--force
Force overwriting of existing symlinks
BUGS
None known.
AUTHORS
Mikhael Goikhman <migo (at) cpan.org> and others (see file AUTHORS).
This manual page was initially written by Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.
09-Apr-2006 WM-ICONS-CONFIG(1)