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- From: bjl@loki.research.ptt.nl (Ben Lippolt)
- Subject: Re: File Managers for X
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- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 13:11:36 GMT
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- khamer@sumax.seattleu.edu (Little Kenny Hamer) writes:
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- >I am new to the wonders of X and unix, and therefore know little about the
- >X servers available in the world. I have sort of found useful things by
- >trial and error, but one item eludes me...
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- >I would like a File Manager, something that will display the directory
- >trees and files on my filesystem. Does such an item exist for X? If so,
- >what is it called and how do I get it?
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- There is a tool called 'xdtm' (for X Desktop Manager, I believe). It is
- modelled after the MacIntosh desktop. I'm not sure it will run under Linux
- (haven't tried to compile it yet), but I've used in on a Sun.
- You could give a try. The latest version is 2.5.
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-
- Ben Lippolt.
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