I am trying to do a delete function inside a zenity entry box . I would like to know how can I store the path given by the user inside the entry box in a variable or how can I use it . Thanks here is my code
#!/bin/bash function Ddate() { zenity --info \ --title "Date and Time" \ --text "Today is $(date)" } function Dcalendar() { zenity --calendar \ --title "Calendar" \ } function Ddelete() { zenity --entry \ --entry-text "Ex: home/knoppix/" \ --text "Enter a path" \ --title "Delete" \ } while true; do choice="$(zenity --height 275 --width 450 \ --list \ --title="Menu" \ --column="Function" --column="Description" \ Date 'Display the actual date and time.' \ Calendar 'Display an interactive calendar.' \ Delete 'Let you delete a file.' \ Exit 'To quit this script.')" case $choice in Date) Ddate;; Calendar) Dcalendar;; Delete) Ddelete;; Exit) break;; esac done 1 Answer
Usually if you want insert the data in a variable from "zenity" you can try this example :
NAME=$( zenity --entry --text="type your name" ) if [ $? = 0 ] # check if the user click ok on the zenity form then echo "Hello $NAME" else echo "the user didn't click ok button" fi I hope this helps.
