On some key folders in nautilus I've changed the folder icons. It looks nice, and aids my productivity because I can easily find important folders in a mass of others.
But then I move to another machine and all the folders are plain again.
So the question is where is this stored, and is there a way to have it persist between users/systems.
Best Answer
gio info
Since
gvfs-info
is outdated, usegio info
instead. To get information about a dir/file simple useAfter invoking this command you will get an output like
If you would like the exact full-path name of your icon in a script use something like:
How to set an icon from command line can be found here.
A complete set of the gio commands can be found on the gnome developer page.