On 2018-05-29, Charlie S <taoques...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I wonder how one discovers what file managers there are installed on > this system. I suppose have to name each one and see which are installed > that way.
xdg-mime query default inode/directory works here (xdg-mime is part of xdg-utils) to discover the default file manager on my machine. curty@einstein:~$ xdg-mime query default inode/directory pcmanfm.desktop Of course that wasn't the question you were asking, but it's the answer I'm giving. > No joy yet. > > Thank you for your reply. > Charlie --