© Copyright Robert Vasvari, 1993.

RBrowser Inspector Panel

This panel shows information about the selected file or directory in the selected (or current) browser.

The top portion shows the name of the file, followed by the full path.

1: Link to:

If the selected file is a symbolic link, this field will show the target of the link

2: Size:

Size of the selected file or directory (if known).

3: Compute size:

This button is enabled if a directory is selected. If pressed, it starts a background process to find the size of the selected directory (recursively). When the operation is finished, the the size fileld is updated.

4: Owner:

Shows the owner of the selected file. This field is not meaningful if connected to a non UNIX host.

5: Group:

Shows the group of the selected file. This field is not meaningful if connected to a non UNIX host.

6: Permissions:

If the remote host is some flavor of UNIX, this field will contain the standard UNIX permission matrix, showing permissions of the selected file ot directory. If the selection is a directory, the "Apply to files inside the selection" button will also appear.

There are two modes for setting permissions:

a: the selection is a file, the cells in the matrix have two states ON (check mark) or OFF (x)

b: there are multiple files selected, or the selection is a directory and the "Apply to files inside the selection" button is checked the cells have a third state: NO CHANGE (-)

If there are changes made, the "Set" button will be enabled.

7: Set: set the new settings.

8: Revert: keep the old settings.

9: Changed: Shows the date the selection was last modified.


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