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

[Perl Whore <whoreperl gmail com>]

It says the latest version of gvfs is 1.4

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Perl Whore <whoreperl gmail com> wrote:
> 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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