The Action Zone is generally composed of the following buttons :
These buttons are located at the bottom of the command dialogs.
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.
MOVING THE SELECTION
See COPY (section 4.2) , the command used is mv instead of cp.
The available options are :
DELETING THE SELECTION
Delete the files and directories (if the recurse subdirectories is checked) of the current selection.
The available options are :
RENAMING THE FIRST ITEM OF THE SELECTION
You have to enter the new name for the file in the Destination file text field.
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 :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.
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.
SHOW INFORMATIONS ABOUT THE FIRST FILE OF THE SELECTION
The following informations are shown :
1) File nameThe 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
RUN A CUSTOMIZABLE VIEW COMMAND (See section 8)
RUN A CUSTOMIZABLE EDIT COMMAND (See section 8)