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

Syntax
       pilot [ options ] [ directory ]

Description
       Pilot is a simple, display-oriented file system browser based on the
       Alpine message system composer.  As with Alpine, 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
       directory is indicated by the file name ".." and size of "(parent
       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 "alpine -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 execute 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 supported 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 1994-2007 by the University of Washington.

See Also
       alpine(1)
       Source distribution (part of the Alpine Message System):

       $Date: 2005/01/14 20:40:14 $

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