Hi, 2012-04-15 13:20, Petr Baudis skrev: > Hi! > > On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:47:26PM +0200, Per Olofsson wrote: >> No, I think it would be a security risk if xdg-open supported that. >> xdg-open is often used by browsers to open downloaded files, and in that >> case would execute arbitrary code when invoked on a desktop file. > > Thanks for the info, that makes sense too. What is the canonical > way to execute a .desktop file then?
The canonical way is to implement the desktop entry specification: http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ AFAIK there is no command line tool for that. There is code in xdg-open and mimeopen which launches desktop files in standard "applications" directories (like /usr/share/applications/) to open the associated program for a file, but there is no option to use it on an arbitrary desktop file. > Shouldn't the xdg-utils provide > a different tool for this purpose? I don't know -- what's the use case? You could file an upstream wishlist bug for that. -- Pelle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
