icon_save.php

#!/usr/bin/env php
<?php

/**
    * icon_save
    *
    * Autogenerate bash script of desktop icon positions.
    *
    * @author          Martin Latter
    * @copyright       Martin Latter 14/09/2019
    * @version         0.01
    * @license         GNU GPL version 3.0 (GPL v3); http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
    * @link            https://github.com/Tinram/Linux-Scripts.git
*/


exec('gvfs-info -a metadata::nemo-icon-position ~/Desktop/*', $sIconDetails);

$iIDlen = count($sIconDetails);
$sFilename = 'icon_restore';
$sGVFS = '';

for ($i = 0; $i < $iIDlen; $i += 3)
{
    $iIndex = strpos($sIconDetails[$i], 'Desktop/');
    $sIconName = substr($sIconDetails[$i], $iIndex + 8);
    $sCoords = trim($sIconDetails[$i + 2]);
    $sCoords = str_replace('nemo-icon-position:', 'nemo-icon-position', $sCoords);
    $sGVFS .= 'gvfs-set-attribute -t string ~/Desktop/' . $sIconName . ' ' . $sCoords . PHP_EOL;
}

$sFileHeader = '#!/bin/bash
# autogenerated file from icon_save (' . date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . ')
# execute to revert desktop icon positions, then press F5' . PHP_EOL;

$iF = file_put_contents($sFilename, $sFileHeader . $sGVFS);
chmod($sFilename, 0700);

if ($iF)
{
    echo $sFilename . ' successfully saved' . PHP_EOL;
}
else
{
    echo 'ERROR: file could not be saved!' . PHP_EOL;
}