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xfe - A lightweight file manager for X Window

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  AUTHOR  OPTIONS  SEE ALSO 

NAME

xfe − A lightweight file manager for X Window

SYNOPSIS

xfe [−h] [−−help] [−v] [−−version] [−i] [−−iconic] [−m] [−−maximized] [−p n] [−−panel n] [FOLDER | FILE...]

DESCRIPTION

X File Explorer (xfe) is a lightweight file manager for X Window, written using the FOX toolkit. It is desktop independent and can easily be customized. It has Windows Commander or MS−Explorer look and it’s very fast and light weight. Xfe is based on X Win Commander, written by Maxim Baranov.

AUTHOR

Roland Baudin <[email protected]>.

OPTIONS

xfe accepts the following options:
−h, −−help

Print the help screen and exit.

−v, −−version

Print version information and exit.

−i, −−iconic

Start iconified.

−m, −−maximized

Start maximized.

−p n, −−panel n

Force panel view mode to n (n=0 => Tree and one panel, n=1 => One panel, n=2 => Two panels, n=3 => Tree and two panels).

FOLDER | FILE

Specifies a list of folders or files to open when starting xfe. They can be regular paths like /home/test, or URIs like file:///home/test. The first two folders are displayed in the file panels, the others are ignored. The number of files to open is not limited.

SEE ALSO

xfa(1), xfi(1), xfp(1) xfw(1),


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