Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!wugate!uunet!mcsun!ukc!acorn!ixi!clive From: clive@ixi.co.uk (Clive Feather) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: An X file manager???? Message-ID: Date: 2 Nov 89 12:08:32 GMT References: <25@watserv1.waterloo.edu> Reply-To: clive@ixi.co.uk (Clive D.W. Feather) Organization: IXI Limited, Cambridge, UK Lines: 30 In article <25@watserv1.waterloo.edu> pfratar@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Paul Frattaroli - DCS) writes: >Hello, > Has anyone here heard of, seen, heard rumors about, are working >on an X implememtation of a file manager, much like the ones that >proliferate in the Public Domain in I*M PC land. > > It would show you a list of files in the CWD along with subdirs, >. and .. and then let you perform an action on any one or multiple >files. ( eg. cp, rm, lpr ... etc. ) A command like Show, would let >you view the contents of a file or directory. Sounds just like X.desktop - our user-friendly interface to Unix. It runs on X11, and is available on Suns, HPs, Apollos, 386s, as well as being shipped by several vendors. Check out your nearest Unix trade show, or contact us. Our address is: IXI Limited 62-74 Burleigh Street Cambridge CB1 1OJ United Kingdom Phone: +44 223 462 131 Fax: +44 223 462 132 -- Clive D.W. Feather IXI Limited clive@ixi.uucp ...!uunet!ukc!ixi!clive (riskier)