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Used Unix-commands

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We have used the following commands when doing X-Files' file operations. If you wish to change them, edit them from the file ~/.x-files/xfiles.commands that is created when first launching X-Files. Changing is recommended only if there is a flag there that does not work in your environment.

Variable Command What it does
COPY cp -r -- The normal copy
MOVE mv -f -- Updated! For now used only in renaming a file. The [Move] operation actually does [Copy]+[Delete]
DEL rm -rf -- The normal delete
MKDIR mkdir -p -- The normal makedir
TOZIP zip -rq Copy to zip-file
DELZIP zip -dq Delete from zip-file
FROMZIP unzip -oqq Copy from zip-file
ZIPOUTP unzip -pqq Views the contents of a packed file
TOTAR tar -rf Copy to tar-file
DELTAR tar --delete -f Delete from tar-file
FROMTAR tar -xf Copy from tar-file
TAROUTP tar Oxf Views the contents of a packed file
DISKFREE df Shows the free space on device.
DIRSIZE du Shows the size of directory with all subdirectories.

NOTE:
Some of the command switches are determined depending on your system at launch time. The commands affected are:
  • DELTAR
  • DISKFREE
  • DIRSIZE
  • These are only the commands that affect file operations and can be edited. All external commands can be viewed with the External commands-info from the Help-menu.


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