NAME

       ROX-Filer - a simple graphical file manager

SYNOPSIS

       rox [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       ROX-Filer  is  a simple and easy to use graphical file manager for X11, the windowing system used on Unix
       and Unix-like operating systems.

       It is also the core component of the ROX Desktop: http://rox.sourceforge.net

       Invoking rox opens each directory or file listed, or the current working directory if  no  arguments  are
       given.

COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS

       -b, --border=PANEL
              open PANEL.

       -B, --bottom=PANEL
              open PANEL as a bottom-edge panel.

       -c, --client-id=ID
              used for session management.

       -d, --dir=DIR
              open DIR as directory (not as an application, even if it looks like one).

       -D, --close=DIR
              close DIR and all its subdirectories.

       -h, --help
              display help about the various options.

       -l, --left=PANEL
              open PANEL as a left-edge panel.

       -m, --mime-type=FILE
              print MIME type of FILE and exit.

       -n, --new
              start a new filer, even if one already seems to be
                    running. This also prevents the filer from forking (running in the
                    background). This option is mainly useful for debugging.

       -p, --pinboard=PIN
              use pinboard PIN as the pinboard.

       -r, --right=PANEL
              open PANEL as a right-edge panel.

       -R, --RPC
              read and invoke SOAP RPC from standard input (see the manual).

       -s, --show=FILE
              open a directory showing FILE.

       -S, --rox-session
              run  by  session  manager, open the default panel and pinboard (implies --new).  If an XSM session
              manager is running and this option is used then ROX-Filer will ask to be  automatically  restarted
              if it crashes.

       -t, --top=PANEL
              open PANEL as a top-edge panel.

       -u, --user
              show user name in each window.

       -U, --url=URI
              run  URI  as  a file or directory. If URI is a file: url and refers to a file on the local machine
              then it is converted to a local file name:  rox -U file:///tmp is equivalent to rox /tmp.  If  the
              URI is some other scheme the shared URI handler configuration is consulted to run it.

       -v, --version
              display the version information and exit.

       -x, --examine=FILE
              FILE has changed; re-examine it.

NOTES

       The  main documentation for ROX-Filer is available by choosing Show Help Files from the popup menu, or by
       clicking on the right-most toolbar icon.

LICENSE

       Copyright (C) 2004 Thomas Leonard.

       You may redistribute copies of ROX-Filer under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

BUGS

       Please report bugs to the developer mailing list: http://rox.sourceforge.net/contact.html.

AUTHORS

       ROX-Filer was created by Thomas Leonard, with help from:

       Michael Adams, Christopher Arndt, Jens Askengren, Liav Asseraf, Wilbert Berendsen, Francesco  Bochicchio,
       Yuri  Bongiorno,  Andrzej  Borsuk,  Richard Boulton, Simon Britnell, Arnaud Calvo, Babyfai Cheung, Andrew
       Clover, Fabien Coutant, Couderc Damien, Andreas Dehmel, Micah Dowty, Dmitry Elfimov,  Mattias  Engdegard,
       Andrew  Flegg,  Olivier  Fourdan,  Eric  Gillespie,  Thierry Godefroy, Olli Helenius, Alex Holden, Jasper
       Huijsmans, Sigve Indregard, Bernard Jungen, Marcin Juszkiewicz,  James  Kermode,  Jim  Knoble,  Krzysztof
       Krzyzaniak,  Aaron  Kurtz,  Vincent  Ledda, Vincent Lefevre, Victor Liu See-le, Alexey Lubimov, Krzysztof
       Luks, Marcus Lundblad, Anders Lundmark, Jose Romildo Malaquias, Denis Manente, Brendan  McCarthy,  Andras
       Mohari,  Christiansen  Merel,  Jimmy Olgeni, Richard Olsson, Matthew O'Phinney, Daniele Peri, Andy Piper,
       Marcelo Ramos, Michel Alexandre Salim, Adam Sampson,  Chris  Sawer,  Christian  Storgaard,  Taras,  Simon
       Truss, Hirosi Utumi, Jan Wagemakers, Keith Warno, Götz Waschk, Stephen Watson, Andre Wyrwa, Geoff Youngs,
       Diego Zamboni

       and many others; the Changes file contains more detailed information!