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glib/gio/gio-tool-launch.c
Christoph Martin c924de69f0 gio-tool-launch: fix %k field code expansion
As per the desktop entry specification, the `%k` field code should be
expanded to the location of the desktop entry file being processed. This
is only possible if the constructor-only filename property is populated,
which does not happen when using g_desktop_app_info_new_from_keyfile().

Moreover, since the Path directive in a desktop entry can be used to
set the working directory for the program to be launched, the location
passed as argument to the program must be modified such that it points
at the correct file when interpreted by the launched program. The
simplest way to achieve this consistently is to pass an absolute path.

However, g_desktop_app_info_new_from_keyfile() does not indicate why it
fails when it does. Because the tool aims to indicate whether launching
failed due to a missing file or a malformed one we first check this with
g_key_file_load_from_file().
2025-07-09 13:39:34 +01:00

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/*
* Copyright 2020 Frederic Martinsons
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* Author: Frederic Martinsons <frederic.martinsons@sigfox.com>
*/
#include "config.h"
#include <gio/gio.h>
#if defined(G_OS_UNIX) && !defined(__APPLE__)
#include <gio/gdesktopappinfo.h>
#endif
#include <gi18n.h>
#include "gio-tool.h"
static const GOptionEntry entries[] = {
G_OPTION_ENTRY_NULL
};
int
handle_launch (int argc, char *argv[], gboolean do_help)
{
GOptionContext *context;
GError *error = NULL;
#if defined(G_OS_UNIX) && !defined(__APPLE__)
int i;
GAppInfo *app = NULL;
GAppLaunchContext *app_context = NULL;
GKeyFile *keyfile = NULL;
GList *args = NULL;
char *desktop_file = NULL;
#endif
int retval;
g_set_prgname ("gio launch");
/* Translators: commandline placeholder */
context = g_option_context_new (_("DESKTOP-FILE [FILE-ARG …]"));
g_option_context_set_help_enabled (context, FALSE);
g_option_context_set_summary (context,
_("Launch an application from a desktop file, passing optional filename arguments to it."));
g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, entries, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
if (do_help)
{
show_help (context, NULL);
g_option_context_free (context);
return 0;
}
if (!g_option_context_parse (context, &argc, &argv, &error))
{
show_help (context, error->message);
g_error_free (error);
g_option_context_free (context);
return 1;
}
if (argc < 2)
{
show_help (context, _("No desktop file given"));
g_option_context_free (context);
return 1;
}
g_option_context_free (context);
#if !defined(G_OS_UNIX) || defined(__APPLE__)
print_error (_("The launch command is not currently supported on this platform"));
retval = 1;
#else
retval = 0;
desktop_file = g_canonicalize_filename (argv[1], NULL);
/* Use g_key_file_load_from_file() to give better user feedback (missing vs.
* malformed file), then load it with g_desktop_app_info_new_from_filename()
* to set the constructor-only filename property required for expanding %k.
*/
keyfile = g_key_file_new ();
if (!g_key_file_load_from_file (keyfile, desktop_file, G_KEY_FILE_NONE, &error))
{
print_error (_("Unable to load %s: %s"), desktop_file, error->message);
g_clear_error (&error);
retval = 1;
}
else
{
app = (GAppInfo *)g_desktop_app_info_new_from_filename (desktop_file);
if (!app)
{
print_error (_("Unable to load application information for %s"), desktop_file);
retval = 1;
}
else
{
for (i = 2; i < argc; i++)
{
args = g_list_append (args, g_file_new_for_commandline_arg (argv[i]));
}
app_context = g_app_launch_context_new ();
if (!g_app_info_launch (app, args, app_context, &error))
{
print_error (_("Unable to launch application %s: %s"), desktop_file, error->message);
g_clear_error (&error);
retval = 1;
}
g_list_free_full (args, g_object_unref);
g_clear_object (&app_context);
}
g_clear_object (&app);
}
g_key_file_free (keyfile);
#endif
return retval;
}