File managerFrom Wikipedia， the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation， searchFor the Windows x file manager， see File Manager (Windows) This article may require copy-editing for grammar， style， cohesion， tone or You can assist by editing it (July 2008) A file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to work with file The most common operations used are create， open， edit， view， print， play， rename， move， copy， delete， attributes， properties， search/find， and Files are typically displayed in a Some file managers contain features inspired by web browsers， including forward and back navigational Some file managers provide network connectivity such as FTP， NFS， SMB or WebDAV This is achieved either by allowing the user to browse for a server， connect to it and access the server's file system like a local file system， or by providing its own full client implementations for file server FeaturesThe following features define the class of orthodox file They present the user with a two-panel directory view consisting of one active and one passive The latter always serves as a target for file Panels are shrinkable and if shrunk they expose the terminal window hidden behind Normally only the last line of the terminal window (the command line) is They provide close integration with an underlying OS shell via command line and associated terminal window that permits viewing the results of executing the shell command entered on the command line (， via Ctrl-O shortcut in Norton Commander) They provide the user with extensive keyboard The file manager can be used without or with minimal use of the Users can create their own file associations and scripts that are invoked for certain file types and organize these scripts into a hierarchical tree (， as a user script library or user menu)[citation needed] Users can extend the functionality of the manager via so called User menu or Start menu and extensions Norton Commander introduced the concept of user-defined file associations that is now used in all modern file managers[citation needed] Other common features include:Information on the "active" and "passive" panels may be used for constructing commands on the command Examples include current file， path to left panel， path to right panel， They provide a built-in viewer for (at least) the most basic file They have a built-in In many cases， the editor can extract certain elements of the panels into the text being Many support virtual file systems (VFS) such as viewing compressed archives， or via an FTP They often have the word commander in the An orthodox file manager typically has three Two of the windows are called panels and are symmetrically positioned at the top of the The third is the command line which is essentially a minimized command (shell) window that can be expanded to full Only one of the panels is active at a given The active panel contains the "file cursor" Panels are Each panel can be Files in the active panel serve as the source of file operations performed by the For example， files can be copied or moved to the passive This gives the user the ability to use only the keyboard with the convenience of the mouse The active panel shows information about the current working directory and the files that it The passive (inactive) panel shows the content of the same or other directory (the default target for file operations) Users may customize the display of columns that show relevant file The active panel and passive panel can be switched (often by pressing the tab key) Other user interface elements include:
