Set Custom Directory Icon From Command Line

[fisherm]

Hello. I am looking for a way to (via bash script) set a custom directory icon for a number of directories. All of these directories contain a "cover.jpg" image. I can accomplish this manually by right clicking the directory > select "Properties > click the directory icon button > select the "cover.jpg" image. I am just looking for the way to do this in the terminal to save time, as the music collection is quite large. Thanks in advance.

[mutex023]

found this solution from - http://old.nabble.com/How-do-I-change-a-folder-icon-from-a-script--td25832597.html

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

Hope this helps, I too was looking for this.

[Dart00]

Sorry for bring up a old thread....

But now that you set the custom icon from the terminal...how do you "un"set it back to the standard/default icon?

[Dart00]

BUMP

Still cant figure this out... :(

[maclofreak]

But now that you set the custom icon from the terminal...how do you "un"set it back to the standard/default icon?
One way is to just go Right Click>Properties>Click on icon>Revert.
But i don't know how to do it in the terminal.

[redRumSirIsMurder]

This should have the same effect as selecting 'revert' from the icon properties window:


gvfs-set-attribute -t stringv myfolder metadata::custom-icon ""

This declares the attribute type to be 'stringv' before setting it blank ( "" ). Might seg fault if you don't include the empty quotes.

Use at own risk &c.

[kyleabaker]

This doesn't seem to work for me. I'm testing it on my Dropbox folder, but the icon never changes. Is there something more that I need to do?

EDIT:
Nevermind, I got it working.

[marksch]

kyleabaker,

What did you do to get it working?

Mark

[a.sarkar]

Hi all,

I know, this is an old thread, but this is really for the benefit of others who might stumble upon this.

The command to reset the icon for a folder is

gvfs-set-attribute myfolder -t unset metadata::custom-icon