OpenDirectory opens parent directory when passing directory descriptor

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#!/bin/sh
exec 3< /home
gdbus call --session \
  --dest org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop \
  --object-path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop \
  --method org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI.OpenDirectory \
  --timeout 30 \
  "" "3" {}

results in

Using OpenFile with a directory fd works fine. This might be working as intended, could do with clarification in the docs.

[smcv]

I believe this is working as intended. I think the design is:

• OpenFile opens the given filesystem object itself: a directory in a file manager, or a file in the associated program (e.g. a text file in a text editor)
• OpenDirectory opens the directory containing the given filesystem object in a file manager, with a selection/highlight placed on the filesystem object itself (in your screenshot you'll see that /home is selected)

Perhaps you could propose a documentation clarification in a MR that would have given you a better idea of how this works?

[smcv]

Similarly, if you change your reproducer to use an existing file instead of an existing directory, for example exec 3< /etc/passwd, you should see a file manager opened on /etc, with a highlight on passwd.

In the file case, I hope it's obvious that this is the only thing that would be correct, because /etc/passwd isn't a directory; but then the handling you observed for /home is consistent with that.