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Midnight Commander is a text based file manager, and one of the best
reasons for (not) buying Linux. It can look inside .tgz files.
and it makes FTP browsing quite easy.
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./configure
make install
man mc
mc # [ -b ] /home/ftp ftp://gps@trix/home/ftp
mc is gpm mouse aware and xterm aware. It uses SLANG instead of curses, but
should work with ncurses. tk and X versions are mentioned in passing, with
C callbacks for widgets. They are not compiled (by default).
- -- F9, Options, Configuration.
- Pause after run always
- Lynx like motion
- Show backup files
- -- F9, Left, sort order
- Modify Time, Reverse
- -- F9, Options, Layout
- menu bar visible # good for mouse use
- menu bar visible
- -- F9, Options, save setup, SPACE
- CTRL-I -- goto other panel
- CTRL-P -- previous command
- BackSpace -- delete
- CTRL-X CTRL-P -- other dir name
- ESC-Return -- current file name
- CTRL-X P -- current dir name
- CTRL-O -- switch between full screen and one line
- ESC-5 -- F5
- cd ftp://gps@beyond.malmo.lth.se/
- CTRL-\ A malmo
- CTRL-\ A malmo
- F8 -- delete file
- CTRL-L -- redraw screen
- CTRL-R -- reread files
OK, just so that you know Raven is written on-line, whilst transferrring
this, I found the following:
- ssr02-0f # directory already exists
- mv ssr02-0f ssr02-0f-01 # in another window
- F8 copy local ssr02-0f to remote
- Cannot do file not permitted, retry - ditto
- CTRL-R F8 - in progres
- ie the VFS subsystem masked the volatile changes
When you resize an xterm (eg clicking on the title), you lost access
to the application (via CTRL-O). I had to quit mc, (and xterm) to
clear it.