new command 'xchdir' launches xterm with specified cwd

1 files changed, 39 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/dot/local/bin/xchdir b/dot/local/bin/xchdir
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..574b187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dot/local/bin/xchdir
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+err_script()
+{
+    if [ "$2" ]; then
+        msg="Error: could not change to directory '$1': $2"
+    else
+        msg="Error: could not change to directory '$1'."
+    fi
+    printf "printf '%s\n' %q\n" "$msg"
+    cat <<EOF
+echo Press enter to quit.
+read
+EOF
+}
+
+target=$1
+errmsg=
+case "$target" in
+    file:///) target=${target#file://} ;;
+esac
+
+try_chdir()
+{
+    if [ -d "$target" ]; then
+        cd "$target"
+    elif [ -e "$target" ]; then
+        cd "$(dirname "$target")"
+    else
+        errmsg='does not exist'
+        false
+    fi
+}
+
+if try_chdir; then
+    exec xterm
+else
+    err_script=$(err_script "$target" "$errmsg")
+    exec xterm -e "$err_script"
+fi