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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# autostart.py
+# Copyright (C) 2013, 2014 LEAP
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+Helpers to enable/disable bitmask's autostart.
+"""
+import logging
+import os
+
+from leap.bitmask.config import flags
+from leap.bitmask.platform_init import IS_LINUX
+from leap.common.files import mkdir_p
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+DESKTOP_ENTRY = """\
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Type=Application
+Name=Bitmask
+Comment=Secure Communication
+Exec=bitmask --start-hidden
+Terminal=false
+Icon=bitmask
+"""
+
+DESKTOP_ENTRY_PATH = os.path.expanduser("~/.config/autostart/")
+DESKTOP_ENTRY_FILE = os.path.join(DESKTOP_ENTRY_PATH, 'bitmask.desktop')
+
+
+def set_autostart(enabled):
+    """
+    Set the autostart mode to enabled or disabled depending on the parameter.
+    If `enabled` is `True`, save the autostart file to its place. Otherwise,
+    remove that file.
+    Right now we support only Linux autostart.
+
+    :param enabled: whether the autostart should be enabled or not.
+    :type enabled: bool
+    """
+    # we don't do autostart for bundle or systems different than Linux
+    if flags.STANDALONE or not IS_LINUX:
+        return
+
+    if enabled:
+        mkdir_p(DESKTOP_ENTRY_PATH)
+        with open(DESKTOP_ENTRY_FILE, 'w') as f:
+            f.write(DESKTOP_ENTRY)
+    else:
+        try:
+            os.remove(DESKTOP_ENTRY_FILE)
+        except OSError:  # if the file does not exist
+            pass
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("Problem disabling autostart, {0!r}".format(e))