1pilot(1)                    General Commands Manual                   pilot(1)
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Name

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

9       pilot [ options ] [ directory ]
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Description

12       Pilot  is  a  simple, display-oriented file system browser based on the
13       Alpine message system composer.  As with Alpine, commands are displayed
14       at the bottom of the screen, and context-sensitive help is provided.
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16       Pilot  displays the current working directory at the top of the screen.
17       The directory's contents are displayed in columns of  file  name,  file
18       size  pairs.   Names  that  are  directories  are indicated by the name
19       "(dir)" in place of the file size.  The parent of the  current  working
20       directory  is  indicated  by  the  file  name ".." and size of "(parent
21       dir)".  File names that are symbolic links to other files are displayed
22       with a file size of "--".
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24       Several  basic file manipulation commands are provided: Delete, Rename,
25       Copy, View, Launch, and Edit.  The "View" and "Edit"  commands  operate
26       on  text  files  only.   By  default, the "View" command displays files
27       using "alpine -F", but will respect the environment variable  PAGER  if
28       set.   The  "Edit" command simply invokes "pico".  The "Launch" command
29       provides a convenient way to either execute the selected file or to run
30       an application on it.
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32       More specific help is available in pilot's online help.
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Options

35       -a     Display all files including those beginning with a period (.).
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37       -f     Use  function  keys for commands.  This option supported only in
38              conjunction with UW Enhanced NCSA telnet.
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40       -g     Enable "Show Cursor" mode.  Cause cursor to be positioned before
41              the  current  selection  rather than placed at the lower left of
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44       -j     Enable "Goto" command.   This  enables  the  command  to  permit
45              explicitly telling pilot which directory to visit.
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47       -m     Enable  mouse  functionality.  This only works when pilot is run
48              from within an X Window System "xterm" window.
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50       -nn    The -nn option enables new mail notification.  The n argument is
51              optional,  and  specifies how often, in seconds, your mailbox is
52              checked for new mail.  For example, -n60 causes pilot  to  check
53              for  new  mail  once  every minute.  The default interval is 180
54              seconds, while the  minimum  allowed  is  30.  (Note:  no  space
55              between "n" and the number)
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57       -o dir Sets  operating  directory.   Only  files  within  the specified
58              directory are accessible and browsing is limited to  the  speci‐
59              fied directory subtree.
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61       -v     Enable single vertical column display.
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63       -x     Disable keymenu at the bottom of the screen.
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65       -z     Enable ^Z suspension of pilot.
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67       -q     Termcap  or  terminfo  definition for input escape sequences are
68              used in preference to sequences defined by default.  This option
69              is  only  available  if pilot was compiled with the TERMCAP_WINS
70              define turned on.
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72       -setlocale_ctype
73              Do setlocale(LC_CTYPE) if available. Default is to not  do  this
74              setlocale.
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76       -no_setlocale_collate
77              Do  not  do  setlocale(LC_COLLATE). Default is to do this setlo‐
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Authors

81       Michael Seibel <mikes@cac.washington.edu>
82       Copyright 1994-2007 by the University of Washington.
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See Also

85       alpine(1)
86       Source distribution (part of the Alpine Message System):
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88       $Date: 2005/01/14 20:40:14 $
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