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File Operations Within a Host

RBrowser supports the following operations on the remote host:

<WINDOWS Users please note:> When the icon is dropped into a directory in the same connection, you will get a menu to choose between move, copy, link. If you are dragging from NT Explorer into RBrowser, it is always a copy. If you are dragging from RBrowser into NT Explorer it is *always* a MOVE!

1. Move

Drag the source above the target directory. If the target opens up, drop it in. The cursor is a small black square during the drop (the default). No modifier keys are needed.

2: Copy

Same as above, but hold down the <ALT> key before dropping. The cursor chages to a small black + .

3: Create Soft Link

Same as above, but hold down the <CONTROL> key before dropping. The cursor chages to a small black arrow. This feature is not available on FTP.

4: Delete

Select file(s) in the browser and click on the File/Destroy. You will be asked to confirm before the delete operation is started.

5: Duplicate

Select file(s) in the browser and click on the File/Duplicate. Another file with the name CopyOfOrigFileName will appear in the same directory.

6: Compress

Select file(s) in the browser and click on the File/Compress. The utility used for the compress is the one defined for this connection in the Connection Preferences.

This feature is not available on FTP.

7: New Directory

Creates a new subdirectory in the currently selected directory.

8: New Empty File

Creates a new empty file in the currently selected directory.


All file operations work on files, directories and multiple selections. Copying/Moving a directory involves all of its subdirectories.

All file operations run asynchronously in the background. You can view/kill them from the Processes panel. If the KILL button appears, the operation can be aborted.

UNIX only:

Warning: Some of these operations may continue in the background on the remote host even if you try to kill them in the process panel. This behaviour entirely depends on the host you are connected to. Exercise caution before starting operations (like deleting a tree of files) which are potentially final and cannot be recovered from. In these cases you may have to telnet to the remote host and kill the processes directly.


File Operations between different hosts

Modifier keys make no difference here. The operation is always a copy.

Local To Remote:

Drag the source file from two possible sources into a remote File Viewer:

RBrowser Local Viewer or MACOSX Viewer App. Drop the icon into any directory on the remote

File Viewer that will open as you drag over it.

Remote to Local:

There is a limitation here: The target MUST be RBrowser's Local Viewer. You cannot drag into the MACOSX Viewer App.

Remote to Remote:

You can drop into any directory on a remote browser that will open for the dragged document. Please note that the source and destination must use the same protocol (like FTP or UNIX).


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