Select a file in the default file explorer

Asked Jul 10 '14 at 19:07

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I found out that (on at least debian) the command to display a directory with the default file explorer is gvfs-open <dir path>. It works fine but I want a file inside that directory to be selected.

In Qt I can open a directory with the default file explorer like this :

QDir dir = QFileInfo(filepath).absoluteDir(); //get the directory
QDesktopServices::openUrl( QUrl( "file:///" + dir.absolutePath() ) ); //open it

Same as gvfs-open <dir path>.

If I use it like this it will open the default application to open the file instead of selecting it inside that directory :

QDesktopServices::openUrl( QUrl( "file:///" + filepath ) );

But how do I select a file in the default file explorer? I want to open the directory and select that file from filepath. Or is that not possible?

asked Jul 10 '14 at 19:07

Davlog

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Related: http://askubuntu.com/questions/3363/how-to-open-a-nautilus-directory-and-select-a-file-in-it-from-the-command-line – Pavel Strakhov Jul 10 '14 at 21:31
Have a look @ http://stackoverflow.com/a/3546503/1578528 – bikram990 Jul 15 '14 at 14:00

Select a file in the default file explorer

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