Create "move to home folder" item in context menu?

[loclarkey]

Hi, this may be in the wrong section, but I have a feeling that the solution involves a bash script that I won't be able to come up with on my own. How can you add a "Move item to home folder" item in the right-click context menu on the desktop?

Ubuntu Edgy 6.10
Gnome 2.16.1

[Ramses de Norre]

You can in the scripts menu, but getting it in the first menu will require you to hack on the source...
You can put this in ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/ and set it executable.


#!/bin/bash
cd $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_CURRENT_URI
for I in "$*"
do
mv -i "$I" /home/`whoami`/
done

[loclarkey]

Thank you, Ramses.

[Mr. C.]

What the heck is that for loop doing, when it exits the first time? Are you trying to get the first argument ?

Why not use $HOME instead of that /home/`whoami` ?

Hmmm...

MrC

[sas]

What the heck is that for loop doing, when it exits the first time? Are you trying to get the first argument ?


There might be more than one files selected. so it iterates through the selection.

[Mr. C.]

Not with that exit 0 there.

[Ramses de Norre]

Ow that exit line shouldn't be there, sorry.

[Mr. C.]

Right, exactly.

Now, since mv takes multiple arguments, why not ditch the for loop entirely and do:


mv files .... directory

MrC