NAME

filemgr − OpenWindows mouse-based file manager

SYNOPSIS

filemgr

AVAILABILITY

Available with the OpenWindows environment.  For information about installing OpenWindows, refer to the OpenWindows Installation and Start-Up Guide. 

DESCRIPTION

filemgr is a graphical file management program.  It allows you to navigate through and manipulate files.  You can find, copy, move, link, open, and print existing or new files. 

INSTALLATION

filemgr should not be used until the program install_filemanager has been run (as root). 

OPTIONS

filemgr accepts all the generic tool arguments described in sunview(1). 

USAGE

filemgr operates via a set of pulldown menus from button stacks in a control panel. Most menu commands operate on the currently selected files.  To select a file, click the left mouse button on its icon.  To select additional files, click with the middle mouse button on additional files.  The menu commands are described below:

File >

Open >

File

Opening a document puts the document into the document window.  Opening a folder puts that folder into the folder window.  Opening an application starts the application. 

With ‘Goto’ Arguments

Treats the text typed in the Goto line as a command line argument (for applications only). 

In Document Editor

Opens documents and applications in the default document editor.  See Tool Properties (below). 

Print File

Prints files using the default print script.  See Tool Properties below. 

Create Folder

Creates an empty subfolder in the current folder. 

Create Document

Creates an empty document in the current folder. 

Remote Transfer... 

Displays a command window which allows you to copy files to and from remote machines.  You can make a reference to files on a remote machine by using the format machine_name:file_name.  See rcp(1). 

(Your Commands)

You can add your own entries to this menu by adding items to the file .fvcmd in your home directory.  Each line in this file corresponds to a menu item you can execute.  Use the abbreviation %s to stand for the name of the selected file. .RE

View >

Tree (or Path)

Toggles between a hierarchical display of folders and a more compact view of only the path. 

Show/Hide Subfolders

Shows or hides the subfolders of the selected folder (tree view only). 

Show All Subfolders

Shows the entire subfolder tree that branches from the selected folder.  Note that this can be quite time consuming (tree view only). 

Begin Tree Here

Make sthe selected folder the root of the tree view (tree view only). 

Add Tree’s Parent

Adds the root’s parent to the display.  This moves the view up one level (tree view only). 

Folder Display >

Icon

Displays files with 32x32 icons. 

List

Displays files with 16x16 generic icons.  Also display any list options chosen (see Tool Properties, below). 

Sort By

Determines the category by which the files are to be sorted in the display: name, modification date (youngest first), size (largest first), and type (folders, documents, applications). 

Edit >

Select All

Selects all files in the current folder. 

Link

Places selected files on the clipboard for a pending link operation. 

Copy

Places selected files on the clipboard for a pending copy operation. 

Paste

Pastes files from clipboard into the current folder.  Pasted files are linked, copied, or moved, depending on how they were first stored in the clipboard. 

Cut >

Cut to Wastebasket

Removes file from display, and places them in the wastebasket. 

Move to Clipboard

Places selected files in the clipboard for a pending move operation. 

Really Delete

Removes files from folder (see Tool Properties, below). 

Show Clipboard

Displays contents of system clipboard. 

Props >

File Properties... 

This property sheet allows you to see and change file attributes.  When several files are chosen at once, you must replace the indeterminate setting from owner, group, and permissions to apply them to the selected files. 

Tool Properties... 

This property sheet allows you to customize filemgr. 

Home

A menu that always contains your home folder in the first position, Thereafter, it stores the last nine folders you have visited.  Selecting a folder causes that folder to be opened. 

Goto >

Find

Selecting this option brings up a command window that allows you to search for files within the specified directories. 
 
See also find(1) and egrep(1). 

FILES

/etc/filetype
This file contains a database of file types and actions to be performed when files of each type are opened.
 

./fB.fvtype/fP
This file is created in each folder visited by filemgr.  It contains a cache of the file type information, and is updated whenever the directory is modified. 

$HOME/.fvcmd
This file contains your own commands, which can be referenced by the “Your Commands” menu.

Sun Release 4.1  —  Last change: 1 September 1989