Iz, There might be a device-level option, to be honest, but I’ve only ever done it based on inserted media. That said - I wouldn’t even try to chase this idea… as you said - if you know the path already and you’re doing a CLI then it’s already in the user's hands. — Ryan > On Dec 13, 2020, at 1:26 PM, Iznogoud <iznogoud at nobelware.com> wrote: > > I am also confused. > > I am pretty positive that you cannot make (very easily) a GUI program give > you a string of the filename (with full path) of a file that it has opened. > But if you made the program open that file using the command line, you > already have that string, and you may have to play some tricks with shell > variables, etc, to fully construct it. > > If your GUI program was launched somehow, say by clicking on a PDF link in > the browser, you are most likely out of luck. > > I think that your question is not well formed/posed. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list