File manager
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A file manager is a software tool that provides an user interface to work with computer files. The most common operations on files are Create, Open, Edit, View, Print, Play, Rename, Move, Copy, Delete, Attributes, Properties, Search/Find.
Typically files are displayed in a hierarchy. File managers may contain features inherited from Web browsers, including forward and back navigational buttons.
Some browsers may also provide network connectivity, e.g. via FTP, NFS or Samba.
Examples
- Ac Browser Plus (multi-panel navigation)
- Directory Opus (tree, single/dual-panel navigation, extremely configurable)
- DOSShell
- FAR Manager (dual-panel navigation, text-based)
- FileMatrix (multi-column navigation)
- Finder
- Konqueror
- Magellan Explorer (dual-panel navigation)
- Midnight Commander
- Nautilus
- Norton Commander (dual-panel navigation, father of OFM)
- ROX-Filer
- Total Commander (dual-panel navigation)
- VFU File Manager
- ViewMAX
- Volkov Commander
- Windows Explorer (tree, single-panel navigation)
- XTree
