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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" id="file-selection" xml:lang="oc">
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<link type="guide" xref="index#dialogs"/>
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<desc>Use the <cmd>--file-selection</cmd> option.</desc>
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<title>File Selection Dialog</title>
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Use the <cmd>--file-selection</cmd> option to create a file selection dialog. <app>Zenity</app> returns the selected files or directories to standard
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output. The default mode of the file selection dialog is open.
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The file selection dialog supports the following options:
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<title><cmd>--filename</cmd>=<var>filename</var></title>
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<p>Specifies the file or directory that is selected in the file selection dialog when the dialog is first shown.</p>
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<title><cmd>--multiple</cmd></title>
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<p>Allows the selection of multiple filenames in the file selection dialog.</p>
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<title><cmd>--directory</cmd></title>
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<p>Allows only selection of directories in the file selection dialog.</p>
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<title><cmd>--save</cmd></title>
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<p>Set the file selection dialog into save mode.</p>
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<title><cmd>--separator</cmd>=<var>separator</var></title>
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<p>Specifies the string that is used to divide the returned list of filenames.</p>
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The following example script shows how to create a file selection dialog:
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FILE=`zenity --file-selection --title="Select a File"`
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echo "\"$FILE\" selected.";;
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echo "No file selected.";;
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echo "An unexpected error has occurred.";;
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<figure id="zenity-fileselection-screenshot">
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<title>File Selection Dialog Example</title>
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<desc><app>Zenity</app> file selection dialog example</desc>
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<media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/zenity-fileselection-screenshot.png"/>
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