FILENAME(1)FILENAME(1)NAMEfilename - interactively select a file
SYNOPSIS
wm/filename [ -d startdir ] [ -g geom ] [ -t title ] [ pattern... ]
DESCRIPTION
Filename pops up a file browser window, allows the user to select a
file and prints the name of that file to the standard output. The
optional list of patterns gives a list of wildcard patterns as under‐
stood by filepat(2); the file browser will initially show only files
matching one or more of the patterns. (N.B. patterns must be quoted to
prevent the shell from interpreting them). The following options are
recognised:
-d Startdir gives the initial directory shown by the file
browser.
-g Geom is given as a tk argument to the file browser window.
-t Title specifies the title of the file browser window.
EXAMPLE
The following sh(1) command compiles an interactively chosen Limbo
source file, placing the file browser window at a particular spot on
the screen and starting at joe's home directory.
limbo `{wm/filename -t 'Select a source file' -g '-x 50 -y 50'
-d/usr/joe '*.b' '*.m'}
SOURCE
/appl/wm/filename.b
SEE ALSOwmlib(2), sh(1)BUGS
The file browser window actually appears 20 pixels below and to the
right of the position specified.
FILENAME(1)
