Function createShortcut

launcher/FileSystem.cpp:925–1135

Cross-platform Shortcut creation

// Cross-platform Shortcut creation
QString createShortcut(QString destination, QString target, QStringList args, QString name, QString icon)
{
    if (destination.isEmpty()) {
        destination = PathCombine(getDesktopDir(), RemoveInvalidFilenameChars(name));
    }
    if (!ensureFilePathExists(destination)) {
        qWarning() << "Destination path can't be created!";
        return QString();
    }
#if defined(Q_OS_MACOS)
    QDir application = destination + ".app/";

    if (application.exists()) {
        qWarning() << "Application already exists!";
        return QString();
    }

    if (!application.mkpath(".")) {
        qWarning() << "Couldn't create application";
        return QString();
    }

    QDir content = application.path() + "/Contents/";
    QDir resources = content.path() + "/Resources/";
    QDir binaryDir = content.path() + "/MacOS/";
    QFile info(content.path() + "/Info.plist");

    if (!(content.mkpath(".") && resources.mkpath(".") && binaryDir.mkpath("."))) {
        qWarning() << "Couldn't create directories within application";
        return QString();
    }
    if (!info.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
        qWarning() << "Failed to open file" << info.fileName() << "for writing:" << info.errorString();
        return QString();
    }

    QFile(icon).rename(resources.path() + "/Icon.icns");

    // Create the Command file
    QString exec = binaryDir.path() + "/Run.command";

    QFile f(exec);
    if (!f.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
        qWarning() << "Failed to open file" << f.fileName() << "for writing:" << f.errorString();
        return QString();
    }
    QTextStream stream(&f);

    auto argstring = quoteArgs(args, "\"", "\\\"");

    stream << "#!/bin/bash" << "\n";
    stream << "\"" << target << "\" " << argstring << "\n";

    stream.flush();
    f.close();

    f.setPermissions(f.permissions() | QFileDevice::ExeOwner | QFileDevice::ExeGroup | QFileDevice::ExeOther);