Creating an Action that Accepts a Dropped File

Use this syntax for the file argument:

%Arg_n%

or

%(File)Arg_n%

(File) is optional, since arguments supplied to Arg_n are assumed (by default) to be files. (See Interpreting a File Argument as a String for use of the %(String)Arg_n% syntax.)

This syntax lets the user drop a data file object on the action icon to start the action with that file argument. It substitutes the nth argument into the command line. The file can be a local or remote file.

Examples

• This execution string executes wc -w using a dropped file as the -load parameter.

  	EXEC_STRING wc -w %Arg_1%

• This example shows a portion of a definition for an action that works only with directory arguments. When a directory is dropped on the action icon, the action displays a list of all the files in the directory with read-write permission.

  	ACTION  List_Writable_Files
   	{
   	    ARG_TYPE     FOLDER
   	    EXEC_STRING /bin/sh -c 's -l %Arg_1% | grep rw-'
   	    …
   	}