Re: How do I change a folder icon from a script?

[Perl Whore <whoreperl gmail com>]

Thanks for the info. Any other way of doing it?

I have gnome 2.26.3 and my gvfs version is 1.2.3. I was hoping to be
able to do this without having to compile anything from source.

I'm using Fedora 11.

Thanks

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Marcus Carlson <nautilus mejlamej nu> wrote:
> Perl Whore skrev:
>>
>> In nautilus, I can go into properties and change the icon of a folder
>> to a custom one. Can the same be done from the commandline or is it
>> possible with DBus? If so, how?
>>
>>
>
> In gvfs 2.28 you can use gvfs-info and gvfs-set-attribute to get and set any
> metadata.
> To get the custom icon value;
> # gvfs-info -a metadata::custom-icon myfolder
>
> To set a custom icon
> # gvfs-set-attribute myfolder metadata::custom-icon
> file:///usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-spider.png
>
> Marcus
>>
>> I want to use it in a script.
>>
>> Also how do I check if it has an icon set already?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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