pilot(1)pilot(1)Namepilot - simple file system browser in the style of the
Pine Composer
Syntaxpilot [ options ] [ directory ]
Description
Pilot is a simple, display-oriented file system browser
based on the Pine message system composer. As with Pine,
commands are displayed at the bottom of the screen, and
context-sensitive help is provided.
Pilot displays the current working directory at the top of
the screen. 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 working direc-
tory is indicated by the file name ".." and size of "(par-
ent dir)". File names that are symbolic links to other
files are displayed with a file size of "--".
Several basic file manipulation commands are provided:
Delete, Rename, Copy, View, Launch, and Edit. The "View"
and "Edit" commands operate on text files only. By
default, the "View" command displays files using "pine
-F", but will respect the environment variable PAGER if
set. The "Edit" command simply invokes "pico". The
"Launch" command provides a convenient way to either exe-
cute 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 sup-
ported only in conjunction with UW Enhanced NCSA
telnet.
-g Enable "Show Cursor" mode. Cause cursor to be
positioned before the current selection rather than
placed at the lower left of the display.
-j Enable "Goto" command. This enables the command to
permit explicitly telling pilot which directory to
visit.
-m Enable mouse functionality. This only works when
pilot is run from within 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 are accessible 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 in preference to sequences
defined by default. This option is only available
if 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 <mikes@cac.washington.edu>
Copyright 1994-2001 by the University of Washington.
See Alsopine(1)
Source distribution (part of the Pine Message System):
ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/mail/pine.tar.Z
$Date: 2003/04/09 19:10:58 $
Version 1.1 pilot(1)
