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Electron -> shell -> showItemInFolder ( linux )
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// Linux patch for electron: shell.showItemInFolder | |
const { execFile } = require('child_process'); | |
// Parse application name | |
//https://gist.github.com/btzr-io/abb2f2995a63c08bbdc655d9849c69ff | |
const parseName = (name) => name.replace(/\s+/g, '') | |
.split(".") | |
.filter( key => key !== "org" && key !== "desktop") | |
.join("-"); | |
function run(command, args, callback, handleError) { | |
execFile(command, args, (error, stdout, stderr) => { | |
(error || stderr) ? handleError(error||stderr) : callback(stdout); | |
}); | |
} | |
// Show the given file in a file manager. If possible, select the file. | |
export default function showItemInFolder(path) { | |
const args = ['query', 'default', 'inode/directory']; | |
run('xdg-mime', args, (name) => { | |
// Get default File-manager application | |
const fileManager = name ? parseName(name) : null; | |
// Open file-manager and select file | |
run(fileManager, [path], () => true, () => false) | |
// handle errors | |
}, (error) => console.log(error)); | |
} |
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