How to make a launcher that will first navigate to a folder and then execute a command that resides in normal /usr/bin/

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Published on 2012-05-30T21:56:12Z Indexed on 2012/05/30 22:51 UTC
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Okay this Question is basically directed for using GRIVE the linux client for Google Drive

Details on how to do it are Here.

The thing is that,evrytime i want the folder to sync,I have to navigate to the google drive folder and then execute the grive commnd.

I want to make it simple..I want to make a launcher(I know how to make a *.desktop file). But in a .desktop file you always give path to executable file(generally .sh).

Here,there is no script in the Grive folder.The app is as usual in /usr/bin/grive

Now how do I make the launcher to first navigate to the grive folder and then execut the grive command..

Thanx :)

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