how to create and remove desktop icons or icons ?

[kkpal]

hi all

how to create and remove desktop icons or icons from shell scripts?

[puppyluvr]

Hello

To create desktop icons for existing programs, go to /usr/share/applications and drag and drop the "program name".desktop file to your desktop. If it does not have a .desktop file, look in /usr/local/bin for default programs, or if you cant find it, open a terminal and type "which "program name" )without the quotes) ex.. which firefox
To change an existing icon, right click the file, choose "show location".( this will take you to the original file). right click the file, and choose "set icon".. a box will open.
Drag and drop an icon into the box..
To give a script an icon, right click the script, and choose "set icon".. a box will open.
Drag and drop an icon into the box..

Hope this helps

[kkpal]

I want to manipulate the desktop icons from a script, and not the other way around.
I already created icons for my shell script. But I want to remove ( or hide) and add ( or unhidden) that icon. If I can't create icon.

[HairyWill]

You might want examine the code for Dougals's Hotpup.
Try looking at /etc/Hotpup/add_icons_for_device1