As I understand the original question (please re-read it) it is actually an interesting issue for me, too. Whether digging up tractor parts, furnace parts, construction parts, renewable energy info, or Linux programs, etc., it would be nice to know where the documentation was referenced. BTW, your private email remarks; "That’s an off-list reply you made to the group. This is an off-list reply that I’m making directly to you." constitute harassment. Ryan Coleman wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >