Name¶
pilot - simple file system browser in the style of the Alpine Composer
Syntax¶
pilot [
options ] [
directory ]
Description¶
Pilot is a simple, display-oriented file system browser based on the
Alpine message system composer. As with Alpine, commands are displayed at the
bottom of the screen, and context-sensitive help is provided.
Pilot displays the current working directory at the top of the screen.
The directory's contents are displayed in columns of file name, file size
pairs. Names that are directories are indicated by the name "(dir)"
in place of the file size. The parent of the current working directory is
indicated by the file name ".." and size of "(parent
dir)". File names that are symbolic links to other files are displayed
with a file size of "--".
Several basic file manipulation commands are provided: Delete, Rename, Copy,
View, Launch, and Edit. The "View" and "Edit" commands
operate on text files only. By default, the "View" command displays
files using "alpine -F", but will respect the environment variable
PAGER if set. The "Edit" command simply invokes "pico".
The "Launch" command provides a convenient way to either execute the
selected file or to run an application on it.
More specific help is available in
pilot's online help.
Options¶
- -a
- Display all files including those beginning with a period
(.).
- -f
- Use function keys for commands. This option supported only
in conjunction with UW Enhanced NCSA telnet.
- -g
- Enable "Show Cursor" mode. Cause cursor to be
positioned before the current selection rather than placed at the lower
left of the display.
- -j
- Enable "Goto" command. This enables the command
to permit explicitly telling pilot which directory to visit.
- -m
- Enable mouse functionality. This only works when
pilot is run from within an X Window System "xterm"
window.
- -nn
- The -nn option enables new mail notification. The
n argument is optional, and specifies how often, in seconds, your
mailbox is checked for new mail. For example, -n60 causes pilot to
check for new mail once every minute. The default interval is 180 seconds,
while the minimum allowed is 30. (Note: no space between "n" and
the number)
- -o dir
- Sets operating directory. Only files within the specified
directory are accessible and browsing is limited to the specified
directory subtree.
- -v
- Enable single vertical column display.
- -x
- Disable keymenu at the bottom of the screen.
- -z
- Enable ^Z suspension of pilot.
- -q
- Termcap or terminfo definition for input escape sequences
are used in preference to sequences defined by default. This option is
only available if pilot was compiled with the TERMCAP_WINS define
turned on.
- -setlocale_ctype
- Do setlocale(LC_CTYPE) if available. Default is to not do
this setlocale.
- -no_setlocale_collate
- Do not do setlocale(LC_COLLATE). Default is to do this
setlocale.
Authors¶
Michael Seibel <mikes@cac.washington.edu>
Copyright 1994-2007 by the University of Washington.
See Also¶
alpine(1)
Source distribution (part of the Alpine Message System):
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