DTFILEACTION(5)

💖 dtfileaction — XCDE file management actions 💖

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for dtfileaction, and it lives in the <pink>file formats</pink> section of the manual. yes, file formats, don't ask, that's just where it lives. it's all about the XCDE File Management Services and the lil actions they support, and honestly? it's giving ✨organized desktop✨ energy. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Dtfile [directory]
DtfileHome
Open directory
Open file
Print directory
Print file

like, that's the whole vibe right there 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the XCDE File Management Services support these file management actions, and here's the tea on every single one of them, no skips, no cap:

• Dtfile — prompts the user for the pathname of a directory, then opens a folder view of the directory the user picked. it literally asks first, so polite 💖
• Dtfile directory — opens a folder view of the directory named by the pathname in the directory argument. no prompting, it just goes 🏃‍♀️
• DtfileHome — opens a folder view of the user's home directory. home sweet home, main character location fr 🎀
• Open directory — opens a folder view of the directory named by the pathname in the directory argument. yes it's the same as Dtfile directory, they're twins, both iconic 👑
• Open file — opens the file named by the pathname in the file argument. and listen — the nature of the Open action is dependent on the type of file 👀 so like, it does the right thing for whatever file you throw at it.
• Print directory — prints a listing of the directory named by the pathname in the directory argument. paper vibes 🖨️
• Print file — prints the file named by the pathname in the file argument. and same deal as before — the nature of the Print action is dependent on the type of file 👀

ngl the "nature of the action is dependent on the type of file" thing is lowkey mysterious and i respect it 🙈

and how do you even invoke these bad boys? two ways, bestie:

• from an application, using the DtActionInvoke(3) function 🧚
• from a command line, using the dtaction(1) utility 💻

both slay, pick whichever fits your vibe 🌈

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• dtaction(1)
• DtActionInvoke(3)

go read those if you wanna go deeper, iykyk 💜

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎉 this little gem is from dtfileaction(file formats) — that's your manual name and section, tucked right in there, and it's the exact same string chilling at the bottom too, version-and-date-style. mwah, go open some directories 💋🌸