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4. File commands reference



4.1. Action zone

The Action Zone is generally composed of the following buttons :

These buttons are located at the bottom of the command dialogs.


4.2. Copy

COPYING THE SELECTION

You can use this command to copy the files of the current selection in a destination directory.

The Select destination dir combobox at the top of the dialog let you select the destination dir. You can enter the pathname of the directory or to select the last directories you have visited. The directories contained in the current directory are shown in a list. You can double-click on a directory, it will be used as the current directory. The Rescan button refresh the directory list.

The available options are :

These options are all available only if you're using the GNU version of cp and a filesystem that allows symbolic links.


4.3. Move

MOVING THE SELECTION

See COPY (section 4.2) , the command used is mv instead of cp.

The available options are :


4.4. Delete

DELETING THE SELECTION

Delete the files and directories (if the recurse subdirectories is checked) of the current selection.

The available options are :


4.5. Rename

RENAMING THE FIRST ITEM OF THE SELECTION

You have to enter the new name for the file in the Destination file text field.


4.6. Attributes

CHANGING THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE FIRST ITEM OF THE SELECTION

You can change the attributes (read, write, exec permissions) of a file, using the check button in the user, group and others frames.

Permissions :

Which kind of user ? :


4.7. Create

CREATE A NEW FILE OR A NEW DIRECTORY

You can choose the name of the file in the File name text field. If you check the "create a directory" button, you'll create a directory instead of an empty file.


4.8. Exec

RUN A PROGRAM IN THE BACKGROUND

Specify the program name in the "program name" text field. Specify the needed arguments of the command line in the "Arguments" text field. The check the "Execute in Xterm" option to start the command using a X terminal or a similar tool (you can specify your own X terminal emulator, see section 8).

If the first file of the selection is an executable, it is used as the command name. The rest of the selection is the new program arguments.


4.9. Infos

SHOW INFORMATIONS ABOUT THE FIRST FILE OF THE SELECTION

The following informations are shown :

1) File name

2) File type : Primary type ( extension type )

The primary types are :

The extension type is known if the file's extension match a pattern in the file formats list (see section 8).

A few examples :

fof.gif  =>  Regular File ( GIF Image file )
fof.c    =>  Regular File ( C Source File )
core     =>  Regular File ( Core Dump )
3) File Size in bytes

4) Last change time

5) Last modification time

6) Last access time

7) permissions (not editable)


4.10. View

RUN A CUSTOMIZABLE VIEW COMMAND (See section 8)


4.11. Edit

RUN A CUSTOMIZABLE EDIT COMMAND (See section 8)


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