Zenity window lists unwanted Recent files

Johng · 05-15-2021, 09:14 PM

I have written a script to select a script file

My script looks like this:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

cd INTERIM/Scripts

myvar2=$(zenity --file-selection)

FILENAMEX="$myvar2"

$FILENAMEX

When I run the script using Linux Mint, it opens a window listing files in /INTERIM/Scripts

When I run the script using Suse 15.2 KDE Plasma it opens a window headed Recent Files and lists a file in different folder.

I have cleared Recent Documents using System Settings/Workspace Behaviour/Acitities/Privacy, KDE no longer lists recent documents, but the window opened by zenity does!

How do I get the Suse version to behave like Mint??

michaelk · 05-15-2021, 09:57 PM

To specify the directory when the dialog is first shown use the --filename option i.e

Code:

myvar2=$(zenity --file-selection --filename "/Path/to/INTERIM/Scripts/")

Johng · 05-16-2021, 12:03 AM

Thank you michaelk. That was a way around the problem.

It is interesting that Mint followed a symlink to the files on another drive, which Suse would/does not.

For example, Mint needs only: myvar2=$(zenity --file-selection)

Suse needs: myvar2=$(zenity --file-selection --filename /home/sdc4/INTERIM/Scripts/)

ondoho · 05-16-2021, 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johng

It is interesting that Mint followed a symlink to the files on another drive, which Suse would/does not.

For example, Mint needs only: myvar2=$(zenity --file-selection)

Suse needs: myvar2=$(zenity --file-selection --filename /home/sdc4/INTERIM/Scripts/)

That seems to tell a slightly different stroy than post #1 (which wasn't very clear IMO).

In any case, do you also see this difference in your file manager, or only with zenity?
If the latter then it's a difference between zenity versions/builds, not distros.

Johng · 05-16-2021, 12:57 AM

It's only been obvious using zenity. File managers follow symlinks.