[suse93/kde] service menu is not working

Simkin · 07-11-2005, 12:40 PM

Hi all,

I try to add a service menu for KDE which runs one of the simple scripts I made:
mountiso.sh

Code:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

mkdir "$HOME"/ISO/
mkdir "$HOME"/ISO/"$1"
sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 "$1" "$HOME"/ISO/"$1"/

and

unmountiso.sh

Code:

#/usr/bin/env bash

sudo umount "$1"
rmdir "$HOME"/ISO/"$1"/

I made the following service menu:
mountISO.desktop

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
ServiceTypes=application/x-iso
Actions=MountISO;UnmountISO
X-KDE-Submenu=Mount image

[Desktop Action MountISO]
Name=Mount image
Icon=background
Exec=/home/simkin/Documents/scripts/mountiso.sh %u

[Desktop Action UnmountISO]
Name=Unmount image
Icon=background
Exec=/home/simkin/Documents/scripts/unmountiso.sh %u

When I select an ISO image the submenu is displayed under "actions" and I can choose to mount or unmount the image.

However the only part which is working is that the $HOME/ISO directory is made.
The image itself is not mounted and the directory with the filename ($1) is also not made.

I am very new into scripting and working with service menu`s.
So I am hoping someone is abel to point me in the right direction

Many thanks in advance!

fsateler · 07-11-2005, 07:30 PM

I am no expert at kde service menus, but it ocurs to me that the name you are receiving is not the one you want (perhaps receiving full paths instead of only the file name). Try echoing $1 to see if this is the problem.

Simkin · 07-12-2005, 08:30 AM

You were right!
I used the following script:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

echo $1 > /home/simkin/Desktop/test.txt
mkdir "$HOME"/ISO/
mkdir "$HOME"/ISO/"$1"
sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 "$1" "$HOME"/ISO/"$1"/

and noticed that the output contained a full path.
Now I need to find out how to filter it so I will only see the basename.

Suggestions are welcome!

Simkin · 07-12-2005, 04:42 PM

Finaly got the script working (seems so simple when you know how)
Now I need to find out how to let the mount commands to be executed as root, any suggestions?

Code:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

fullpath=$1
filename=`basename $fullpath`

mkdir "$HOME"/ISO/
mkdir "$HOME"/ISO/"$filename"
sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 "$1" "$HOME"/ISO/"$filename"

Code:

#/usr/bin/env bash

fullpath=$1
filename=`basename $fullpath`

sudo umount "$HOME"/ISO/"$filename"
rmdir "$HOME"/ISO/"$filename"