How create a Launcher from the command line

[nbrinson]

I need to write a script that will create several desktop launchers so our user don't have to create them manually. Is there a command to do this?

[warp99]

Long story short, no command to do this. But you can make a simple script that can do this using a *.desktop file layout. What exactly do you want your users to do?

[nbrinson]

Thanks for the reply.

I'd like to create a script that will place the following luancher on the desktop of several computers....

The launcher should point to this command: /usr/bin/ibm5250 as400.mydomain.com -sso
and it will have this icon: /usr/share/pixmaps/tn5250-48x48.png

I have several other launchers that I'd like to add as well.

[VCoolio]

Just make the .desktop files in a text editor and copy them to the users desktops, wouldn't that be easier? The .desktop files are like this (there are more options, but this should do:


#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Whatever name you want
Comment=Whatever comment you want in the tooltip
Exec=/usr/bin/ibm5250 as400.mydomain.com -sso
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/tn5250-48x48.png

You can also place the launcher in ~/.local/share/applications, add a line like "Categories=Office;" and it will show up in the applications menu under 'Office' (after restarting the gnome-panel).

[warp99]

VCoolio is correct. If you have the computers networked users can drop and drag the desktop launchers from the remote share, which would be much easier then a script.

[nbrinson]

That'll work... Thank you!