DesktopFileCreator.java

package com.company;/*
 Title: This creates a .desktop file in java
 Author: Riley Carpenter
 TODO: Make the program able to move the .desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications
 */


import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.nio.file.attribute.FileAttribute;
import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission;
import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermissions;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Set;


public class Main {


    //Creates the File
    public static void createDesktopFile(String fileName, String exe, String ico) throws IOException {
        List<String> lines = Arrays.asList("[Desktop Entry]", "Encoding=UTF-8","Version=1.0","Type=Application","Terminal=false","Exec=" +exe,"Name=" +fileName,"Icon=" + ico);
        Path file = Paths.get(System.getProperty( "user.home" ) + "/.local/share/applications/" + fileName + ".desktop");

        //Sets File's Permissions
        Set<PosixFilePermission> ownerWritable = PosixFilePermissions.fromString("rw-r--r--");
        FileAttribute<?> permissions = PosixFilePermissions.asFileAttribute(ownerWritable);

        Files.createFile(file, permissions);
        Files.write(file, lines, Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
    }


    //Main method
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException{
        Scanner reader = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.print("What is the name of the executable? ");
        String fileName = reader.nextLine();
        System.out.print("What is the file path for the executable? ");
        String executableFile = reader.nextLine();
        System.out.print("What is the icon path for the file? (Leave blank if none) ");
        String iconPath = reader.nextLine();
        reader.close();
        createDesktopFile(fileName, executableFile, iconPath);
        System.out.print("\u001b[2J");
        System.out.flush();
        System.out.println("Desktop File Created Successfully!");
    }
}