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boris
Asked: 2013-02-20 07:53:51 +0800 CST

How do I open pcmanfm in a specific directory?

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I can't find the answer to this simple question.

What command should I use to open pcmanfm in a specific directory?
As an example, I want to run: pcmanfm /home/truc/musique.
However, this doesn't seem to work and the manpage isn't very helpful.

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3 Answers

  1. Entering pcmanfm /home/$USER/folder should successfully open the folder (it does on 12.04), and so perhaps there is a problem with your installation. You could reinstall pcmanfm, or try specifying the daemon mode when you open a folder:

    pcmanfm -d /home/$USER/folder

    The -d stands for daemon mode and not directory; you used to be able to use -t for new tab and -n for new window with pcmanfm, but those switches don't seem to work now.

    The manpage doesn't list all the options, so to list them all run pcmanfm --help. One further option which might be of interest is the --display= option, but you shouldn't need to specify a display if you only have the one. (Your current display can be found with echo $DISPLAY). So, an example command running pcmanfm in daemon mode and specifying a display would be:

    pcmanfm -d /home/mike/Videos --display=:0.0

    Here are the other options found with pcmanfm --help, for version 0.9.10 (Precise):

    Application Options:
  -p, --profile=<profile name>         Name of configuration profile
  -d, --daemon-mode                    Run PCManFM as a daemon
  --no-desktop                         No function. Just to be compatible with nautilus
  --desktop                            Launch desktop manager
  --desktop-off                        Turn off desktop manager if it‘s running
  --desktop-pref                       Open desktop preference dialogue
  -w, --set-wallpaper=<image file>     Set desktop wallpaper
  --wallpaper-mode=<mode>              Set mode of desktop wallpaper. <mode>=(colour|stretch|fit|centre|tile)
  --show-pref=n                        Open preference dialogue. 'n' is number of the page you want to show (1, 2, 3...).
  --display=DISPLAY                    X display to use
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  2. Try this:

    pcmanfm --desktop-off
pcmanfm /home/ --no-desktop
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  3. pcmanfm /home/nafis/touch/ ## this works for me.

    if you are running from a script, in that case use the absolute path for pcman. In some machines, script does not get the path. 

    ## In one of my script, I see I have Written in this way
/usr/bin/pcmanfm /home/nafis/touch/ 

##In the same script, opening chromium-browser was like this. 
chromium-browser http://askubuntu.com/questions/258254/how-do-i-open-pcmanfm-in-a-specific-directory

    Try the absolute path. and the man-page is helpful.

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