1PCManFM(1)                       User Manuals                       PCManFM(1)
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NAME

6       PCManFM - A lightweight Gtk+ based file manager for X Window.
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SYNOPSIS

9       pcmanfm [ options ] [ directories ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       PCMan  File  Manager  (PCManFM)  is an extremely fast, lightweight, yet
13       feature-rich file manager with tabbed browsing. It is the default  file
14       manager for the lightweight desktop environment, LXDE.
15       Features:
16         * Extremely fast and lightweight
17         * Can be started in one second on normal machine
18         * Tabbed browsing (similar to Firefox)
19         * Drag & Drop handling with XDS (X direct save) support
20         * Files can be dragged between tabs
21         * Load large directories in reasonable time
22         * File association support (with default application setup)
23         * Basic thumbnail support with optional EXIF support
24         * Bookmarks support
25         * Handles non-UTF-8 encoded filenames correctly
26         * Provide icon view and detailed list view
27         * Standard compliant (follows FreeDesktop.org specifications)
28         * Clean and user-friendly interface (GTK+ 2.0)
29         * Full desktop management
30         * Can set individual wallpapers for each workspace
31         * Removable media mounts support
32         * Seamless access to remote file systems such as sftp, smb, and ftp
33         * Trash can support
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OPTIONS

36   Global options:
37       -d, --daemon-mode   run PCManFM as a daemon (ignored if another PCManFM
38                           is already running)
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40       -p profile, --profile=profile
41                           load  another  configuration  profile  instead   of
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44       --no-desktop        for Nautilus compatibility
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46   Per-instance options:
47       --desktop           launch desktop manager (ignores -d)
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49       --desktop-off       turn off desktop manager if it's running
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51       --desktop-pref      open desktop preference dialog
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53       --one-screen        manage  desktop  only  on current X screen (only if
54                           --desktop is used)
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56       -n, --new-win       open directories in new window
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58       --role              set X role for window (only if -n is used)
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60       --wallpaper-mode=mode
61                           Set mode of desktop wallpaper, mode is:
62                            color (fill with solid color),
63                            stretch (stretch to fill entire monitor),
64                            fit (stretch to fit monitor size),
65                            center (place on center of monitor),
66                            tile (tile to fill entire monitor),
67                            crop (stretch and crop to fill monitor), or
68                            screen (stretch to fill entire screen)
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70       -w file, --set-wallpaper=file
71                           set desktop wallpaper from image file
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73       --show-pref n       open preferences dialog on page n
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75       -f, --find-files    open a file search dialog window
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77       directories         directories to open
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DESKTOP MANAGEMENT

80       The PCMan File Manager can manage your desktop. That  includes  drawing
81       some  background on it and showing icons of Desktop folder. To activate
82       the desktop management the  pcmanfm  should  be  executed  with  option
83       --desktop.  Other option that affects this mode is --one-screen. Change
84       running desktop manager parameters you can by  executing  pcmanfm  with
85       option --desktop-pref which opens window with preferences or using com‐
86       mand line parameters for options --set-wallpaper  or  --wallpaper-mode.
87       Execution pcmanfm --desktop-off terminates desktop management.
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89       While pcmanfm manages desktop it displays icons on desktop. Behavior of
90       icons resembles folder view in main window  of  pcmanfm  but  icons  on
91       desktop can "remember" their position. If you have two or more monitors
92       then desktop background and set of icons will be shown on each of them.
93       Icons positions will be remembered individually for each of monitors.
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ENVIRONMENT

96       XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
97              The  current  desktop  environment.  This variable affects items
98              which will be shown in menu://applications/ folder.
99       XDG_MENU_PREFIX
100              The prefix for XDG  menu  definition  XML  file.  This  variable
101              affects layout of items shown in menu://applications/ folder.
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FILES

104       ~/.config/pcmanfm/default
105              The default configuration profile directory
106       ~/.config/pcmanfm/default/pcmanfm.conf
107              The main configuration file
108       ~/.config/pcmanfm/default/desktop-items-0.conf
109              The desktop items layout for screen 0 (primary screen)
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AUTHOR

112       PCManFM is named after its author's nickname on the internet, PCMan. It
113       was written by Hong Jen Yee <pcman.tw@gmail.com>.
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115       This manual page was written by  Tetralet  <tetralet@debian.or.tw>  for
116       the    Debian   GNU/Linux   system.   Updated   by   Andriy   Grytsenko
117       <andrej@rep.kiev.ua>
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121pcmanfm 1.3.1                     April 2018                        PCManFM(1)
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