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pilot

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: Version 1.1
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Name

pilot - simple file system browser in the style of the Alpine Composer

Syntax

pilot[options] [directory]

Description

Pilot is a simple, display-oriented file system browser based onthe Alpine message system composer. As with Alpine, commands are displayed at the bottom of the screen, and context-sensitivehelp is provided.

Pilot displays the current working directory at the top of thescreen. The directory's contents are displayed in columns of file name,file size pairs. Names that are directories are indicated by the name"(dir)" in place of the file size. The parent of the current workingdirectory is indicated by the file name ".." and size of "(parent dir)".File names that are symbolic links to other files are displayed with afile size of "--".

Several basic file manipulation commands are provided: Delete, Rename,Copy, View, Launch, and Edit. The "View" and "Edit" commands operate ontext files only. By default, the "View" command displays filesusing "alpine -F", but will respect the environment variable PAGER if set.The "Edit" command simply invokes "pico". The "Launch" command providesa convenient way to either execute the selected file or to run an application on it.

More specific help is available in pilot's online help.

Options

-a: Display all files including those beginning with a period (.).
-f: Use function keys for commands. This option supported only in conjunction with UW Enhanced NCSA telnet.
-g: Enable "Show Cursor" mode. Cause cursor to be positionedbefore the current selection rather than placed at the lower left of thedisplay.
-j: Enable "Goto" command. This enables the command to permit explicitlytelling pilot which directory to visit.
-m: Enable mouse functionality. This only works when pilot is run fromwithin an X Window System "xterm" window.
-nn: The -nn option enables new mail notification. The n argument is optional, and specifies how often, in seconds, your mailbox is checked for new mail. For example, -n60 causes pilot to check for new mail once every minute. The default interval is 180 seconds, while the minimum allowed is 30. (Note: no space between "n" and the number)
-o dir: Sets operating directory. Only files within the specified directory areaccessible and browsing is limited to the specified directory subtree.
-v: Enable single vertical column display.
-x: Disable keymenu at the bottom of the screen.
-z: Enable ^Z suspension of pilot.
-q: Termcap or terminfo definition for input escape sequences are used inpreference to sequences defined by default. This option is only availableif pilot was compiled with the TERMCAP_WINS define turned on.
-setlocale_ctype: Do setlocale(LC_CTYPE) if available. Default is to not do this setlocale.
-no_setlocale_collate: Do not do setlocale(LC_COLLATE). Default is to do this setlocale.

Authors

Michael Seibel <mikesAATTcac.washington.edu>
Copyright 1994-2007 by the University of Washington.

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