SUMMARY: text based file management tools

From: <ron_barrett_at_corp.cubic.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 96 15:36:47 PST

Many thanks to:

Perry Engle perry_at_netplaza.com
Patrick O'Brien pobrien_at_cfa.harvard.edu
Simon Tardell tardell_at_particle.kth.se>
Hans de Hartog ccult1!bommel!dehartog_at_relay.NL.net
Murat Balci balci_at_bornova.ege.edu.tr
Gerhard Nolte gnolte_at_gwdg.de
Steffen Kluge kluge_at_ave.ac.agit.de
Carlos A M dos Santos ufpelrm_at_eu.ansp.br
"G. Del Merritt" del_at_giant.IntraNet.com
Thomas Erskine tom_at_clark.dgim.doc.ca

There are several good text based file managers including:

emacs in dired mode (available from gatekeeper.dec.com or
  other GNU sources)
Hans sent some source code which he wrote for a very
  flexible/reconfigurable curses file manager
midnight commander from GNU provides a tool which will be
  very familiar for anyone familiar with Norton CommanderTM.
  MC is available from many sites including sunsite.unc.edu
scan: a tool written for Ultrix. I didn't find a copy of it,
  but it's probably on the net somewhere.
Lynx: the FM version, has a Dired capability? I didn't find Lynx.
utree: I didn't find this either.

midnight commander was suggested fairly early on and I found
it fairly easy to work with so it's being evaluated now.

Thanks again to all who responded.
Ron
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Name: Ron Barrett
E-mail: ron_barrett_at_corp.cubic.com
Date: 3/5/96
Time: 3:36:47 PM
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Received on Wed Mar 06 1996 - 01:03:04 NZDT

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