[SOLVED] nautilus-actions: is my command correct?

Rosika · 08-11-2018, 06:35 AM

Hi altogether,

What I want to achieve is create a context-menu (rightclick)-entry for scanning files with the clamscan-command.

For ubuntu there is a tool called "nautilus-actions". With it one can create right-click-entries.

The most important settings are under the tab "command".
So I configured it this way:

Code:

path: xterm
parameter: -fa 'Monospace' -fs 12 -hold -e clamscan %f
working directory: %d

The parameter options are thus: -fa 'Monospace' -fs 12 (setting font and font-size)
                              : -hold (preventing xterm from shutting down immediately)
                              : -e (executing the following command within xterm)
                              : clamscan %f ((first) filename)

Actually this works very well.

When right-clicking on the file to be scanned and clicking on the respective label (I called it "Dateiscannen") a separate xterm-window opens and after the scan is
finished the result is displayed until I manually close the xterm-window.

Yet I´ve noticed that I can also scan folders with that command (but not recursively of course, due to the very nature of the specified command).

It´s always said that everything can be considered to be a file in Linux. So theoeretically a folder is a file as well and therefore the "%f"-parameter should be fine for scanning folders, too.

My question is: Am I right in thinking so or should I use another option than "%f" or folder-scan?

Thanks a lot in advance.

Greetings
Rosika

P.S.:
system: Lubuntu 16.04.5 LTS, 64 bit

ondoho · 08-12-2018, 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rosika

It´s always said that everything can be considered to be a file in Linux. So theoeretically a folder is a file as well and therefore the "%f"-parameter should be fine for scanning folders, too.

does not apply inthis case.
you should read the documentation (probably there are helpful tooltips or a help button) about what parameter to use for a directory.

Quote:

My question is: Am I right in thinking so or should I use another option than "%f" or folder-scan?

yes.

Rosika · 08-12-2018, 06:43 AM

Hi ondoho,

tnx for your answer.

As far as the parameters for the command are concerned, there are the following (from "parameter legend" for nautilus-actions configuration tool):

Code:

Parameter	Description	

%b	(first) basename			
%B	space-separated list of basenames			
%c	count of selected items			
%d	(first) base directory			
%D	space-separated list of base directory of each selected items			
%f	(first) file name			
%F	space-separated list of selected file names			
%h	hostname of the (first) URI			
%m	mimetype of the (first) selected item			
%M	space-separated list of the mimetypes of the selected items			
%n	username of the (first) URI			
%o	no-op operator which forces a singular form of execution when specified as first parameter			
%O	no-op operator which forces a plural form of execution when specified as first parameter			
%p	port number of the (first) URI			
%s	scheme of the (first) URI			
%u	(first) URI			
%U	space-separated list of selected URIs			
%w	(first) basename without the extension			
%W	space-separated list of basenames without their extension			
%x	(first) extension			
%X	space-separated list of extensions			
%%	the « % » character

Yet I´m mot sure what to use for folder-scans:

Code:

parameter: -fa 'Monospace' -fs 12 -hold -e clamscan %d

or

Code:

parameter: -fa 'Monospace' -fs 12 -hold -e clamscan %u

And while it´s still true that

Code:

parameter: -fa 'Monospace' -fs 12 -hold -e clamscan %f

also works for directories - although not recursively - (as already pointed out) I think there´s no harm in using it that way???????

Cheers

Rosika