File Browser Help
Getting connected
Enter the name of the directory that will serve as your document root
to the text field just below label "Enter the Directory here:" and
hit return . (Try, for example, /tmp).
If everything goes OK you should get the directory icon in the main
panel, and a message "Command Successful" in the status line
(just below the main panel). Otherwise you will get an error message
such as "File does not exist".
You can change the root anytime by
typing a new directory name in this text field and hitting return.
Expanding the root directory
double click on the directory icon in the main panel. The
response time depends on the number of files in your root
directory. If there are many files, it make take several seconds.
Expanding a subdirectory
single click on the selected subdirectory icon. The next click
will contract the directory.
If you contract and then expand a directory, the contets of the
directory will be refreshed, as the contents is always read on the
server side (no caching). On the other hand the displayed contents of
the directory is never refreshed automatically. To see changes than
may have occured (new files created, deleted files, etc., you must
manually refresh the dispaly by contracting and expanding the
directory.
Click on testdir icon (a small circle left to the directory name). You
should see the contents of this directory.
Selecting a file
Click on the file name. It should appear in the "selected" line, just
below the status line.
Mkdir
Creates a new directory in the currently selected one.
Try: click on the testdir name. You shoud see it in the selected
line. Now type a name of a directory you want to create in the "new
name" line (just below the "selected" line), and hit MkDir
button. Wait till the operation completes. You should get message
"Success: directory-name created". To see the change, refresh the
display by contracting and expanding the testdir.
RmDir
Deletes the selected directory and all its contents! (unlike
Unix rmdir that removes only empty directories). It does it without
warning, so think twice between using this button.
Delete
Deletes the selected file.
Rename
Renames the selected file. Do not forget to type the new name of the
file in the "new name" line.
Move
Moves the selected file to the desired location. You must enter the
full path in the "new name" line. (If you want the file to stay in
the same directory, why do not you use "Rename" button?)
Copy
Moves the selected file to the desired location. You must enter the
full path in the "new name" line. (Even if the file is to be
created in the same directory as the original one.)
Upload
When implemented, it will allow to upload a file. It will be moved
outside the applet.
Download
Ditto.
View
When implemented, it will allow to view the context of the file (as
long as your browser understands its MIME type).
Mark
The idea of this button is yet quite immature. At this time it copies
the name of the selected file to the "new name" line.