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- FILERUNNER
- ==========
-
- Version 2.5
-
- (C) 1996-1998 Henrik Harmsen
-
- FileRunner is an X11 file manager for Unix. It is simple and efficient
- and has a built-in FTP client.
-
- FEATURES
- ========
-
- * Simple and powerful interface.
- * History and Hotlist (bookmarks).
- * Recursive directory menu of entire file system tree.
- * Browse FTP directories as easy as normal directories.
- * FTP capabilities:
- - Copy: FTP files/directories upload/download (recursive).
- - FTP Delete (recursive), FTP Makedir, FTP Rename.
- - Supports FTP through proxy.
- - FTP resume download function.
- - Rule based configuration of FTP site logins (password/user/proxy).
- - Asynchronous file transfer.
- - Cached directory listings.
- * Asynchronous file operations.
- * Built-in command shell windows. Synchronized with file panels.
- These have history, aliases and file name completion.
- * Extendable by adding your own command buttons.
- * Very configurable.
- * User defined file pattern / actions. (*.jpg -> launch image viewer etc.)
- * Distributed under the GNU General Public License.
-
- REQUIREMENTS
- ============
-
- * A standard Unix platform.
- * Tcl/Tk 8.0 or later.
- * An ANSI C compiler if you can not use the precompiled binaries.
-
- FileRunner does not need rebuilding the wish binary. It uses the
- binary extension mechanism in Tcl to add commands written in C.
-
-
- COMPATIBLE PLATFORMS
- ====================
-
- FileRunner has been verified to work on:
-
- - Linux
- - SunOS 4.x
- - Solaris 2.x
- - Irix 5.x
- - UnixWare 2.x
- - HP-UX
- - Dec Alpha OSF (Digital Unix)
- - FreeBSD
- - SCO OpenServer
- - AIX
- - NetBSD
-
-
- INSTALLATION
- ============
-
- Installation is fairly simple. The main thing to note here is that you
- unpack directly to where the stuff is to be installed. You never do a
- "make install".
-
-
- 0. If you have installed through a RedHat rpm package.
- ------------------------------------------------------
-
- If you have obtained FileRunner in a RedHat rpm, then all of this is
- done. The program should be possible to start by running:
-
- $ fr &
-
- Possibly you need to run "rehash" in your shell first. Then you can
- skip the rest of this chapter. Otherwise, there are a few simple steps
- to follow:
-
- 1. Unpack
- ---------
-
- The first step is to get the archive unpacked.
- Example:
-
- $ cd /usr/local/lib
- $ gzip -cd FileRunner-2.5.tar.gz | tar xf -
- $ cd FileRunner-2.5
-
- You don't have to install in /usr/local/lib, you can install anywhere,
- just make sure the link in step 3 is correct.
-
-
- 2. Fixing an ext.so file
- ------------------------
-
- FileRunner needs a library of functions that have been written in C. The
- necessary library has been precompiled on a few platforms.
-
- - If you are running Linux on an Intel machine, this is done. Go to step 3.
-
- - If you are running SunOS 4.1.x on a Sparc machine, copy
- ext.so.sunos4_sparc to ext.so, then go to step 3.
-
- - If you are running Solaris 2.5 or later on a Sparc machine, copy
- ext.so.sunos5_sparc to ext.so, then go to step 3.
-
- Otherwise:
-
- If you don't have any of the above, you should try to build it
- yourself. There are a bunch of Makefiles in the "Makefiles" directory
- to try. Pick one of the Makefiles you think might work and edit it to
- reflect the platform you are using. It's a tiny Makefile, so it
- shouldn't be too difficult. When choosing a makefile to edit, the
- first choice should be a pre-existing makefile with the same OS, not
- the same compiler. When you have edited the makefile run:
-
- $ make -f Makefiles/Makefile.xxx
-
- When you have an ext.so file you can try it out by running the "fr"
- script: "./fr &"
-
- If you have previously installed and built an earlier version of
- FileRunner, then you can avoid rebuilding the ext.so file by copying
- that from the older build. Just check that ext.c hasn't changed
- between the old installation and the new (if it has, you need to
- rebuild). One day when I have loads of time on my hands I might
- consider using the GNU autoconf utility to avoid this mess of
- Makefiles... :-)
-
-
- 3. Making a soft link
- ---------------------
-
- The final stage of installation is to soft-link the fr script to where
- you want installed in your path. If you want it in /usr/local/bin, and
- you unpacked the FileRunner archive under /usr/local/lib, you do the
- following:
-
- $ ln -s /usr/local/lib/FileRunner-2.5/fr /usr/local/bin/fr
-
- It's important you make this a soft link and not just copy it. If you
- don't, FileRunner will not find the rest of itself and will not start
- up. It uses the link to find the necessary stuff it needs.
-
- Last note: There is an icon GIF file "fr.gif" you can use if you need an
- icon for FileRunner. I've tried to make a color icon default for
- FileRunner but I can not figure out how to do this in Tcl/Tk...
-
-
- 4. If you installed as root
- ---------------------------
-
- If you have installed FileRunner as root you probably have erroneous
- owner/group id's of the installed files. Do the following (as root):
-
- # chown -R root FileRunner-2.5
- # chgrp -R root FileRunner-2.5
- # chmod -R go-w FileRunner-2.5
-
- To fix permissions and ownership of the files.
-
-
- WHERE TO GET FILERUNNER
- =======================
-
- Use one of these sites:
-
- http://www.cd.chalmers.se/~hch/filerunner.html
- ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/desktop/FileRunner-2.5.tar.gz
-
-
- WHERE TO GET TCL/TK
- ===================
-
- Please see the web page at
- http://www.cd.chalmers.se/~hch/filerunner.html
-
-
- COMMON PROBLEMS
- ===============
-
- See the FAQ-file in the installation. Please also see chapter 13 in
- the online guide.
-
-
- KNOWN BUGS
- ==========
-
- Please see the file KnownBugs.txt.
-
-
- E-MAIL LIST WITH ANNOUNCEMENTS
- ==============================
-
- Mail me if you are interested to be on the FileRunner announcement
- mailing list. I won't send announcements of every release to the
- newsgroups so if you want to know if a new release is out you should
- either check the web page regularly or join the list.
-
-
- FILERUNNER IS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
- ==================================
-
- FileRunner is Open Source software and is distributed under the GNU
- General Public License. If you like it, send me a cool postcard so I
- can fill the front of my fridge :-) See the end of the User's Guide
- for my address.
-
- FileRunner is Copyright (C) 1996-1998 Henrik Harmsen.
-
-
- Henrik Harmsen
-
- Email:
- hch@cd.chalmers.se
- Henrik.Harmsen@erv.ericsson.se
-
- For more contact info see online guide.
-
-
- ADDENDUM
- ========
-
- Note 1, The Debian distribution
- -------------------------------
-
- This note is to the manager of the Debian distribution.
-
- To have the documentation for FileRunner somewhere other than in the
- distribution directory (where all the other FileRunner stuff is):
- Create a file in the distribution directory called "config" and put
- the following line into this:
-
- set glob(doclib_fr) /usr/local/doc/FileRunner
-
- (Adjust it to the correct location). Then copy over the documentation
- to this directory. See the online guide, chapter 6, about the
- system-wide config file.
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