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2.4 KiB
HTML
169 lines
2.4 KiB
HTML
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>fsv - 3D File System Visualizer</TITLE
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.44"><LINK
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REL="NEXT"
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TITLE="Startup"
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HREF="startup.html"></HEAD
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CLASS="TITLE"
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NAME="AEN2"
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>fsv - 3D File System Visualizer</A
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><H3
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CLASS="AUTHOR"
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>Daniel Richard G.</H3
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><P
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CLASS="COPYRIGHT"
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>Copyright © 1999 by <SPAN
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CLASS="HOLDER"
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>Daniel Richard G.</SPAN
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CLASS="TOC"
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><DT
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>Table of Contents</B
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><DT
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><A
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HREF="t1.html#INTRO"
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>Introduction</A
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><DT
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><A
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HREF="startup.html"
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>Startup</A
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><DT
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><A
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HREF="window.html"
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>Main window</A
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><DT
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HREF="mouse.html"
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>Using the mouse</A
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><DT
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><A
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HREF="menus.html"
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>Menus</A
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><DT
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><A
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HREF="about.html"
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>About fsv</A
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NAME="INTRO"
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>Introduction</A
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CLASS="EMPHASIS"
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>fsv</I
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> offers an intuitive, visual means of overviewing the layout and content of a file system. It translates a mass of information about files and directories (such as relative sizes) into geometry, constructing a 3D representation which can be easily viewed and manipulated. Each distinct file system entity, or <I
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CLASS="FIRSTTERM"
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>node</I
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>-- be it a file, directory, symbolic link, device interface, etc.-- is given a geometric counterpart with representational properties.</P
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><P
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><I
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CLASS="EMPHASIS"
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>fsv</I
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>'s user interface consists of two main components:
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></P
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><UL
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><LI
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><P
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>A <A
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HREF="window.html#DIRTREE"
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>directory tree</A
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> / <A
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HREF="window.html#FILELIST"
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>file list</A
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> browser, as seen in many file manager programs, and</P
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></LI
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><LI
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>a <A
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HREF="window.html#VIEWPORT"
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>graphical viewport</A
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> for viewing file system geometry.</P
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></UL
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>
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The functionality of these are closely linked together, for a simple yet flexible means of browsing the file system.</P
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HREF="startup.html"
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>Next</A
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