Re: FW: file manager xfm, or similar for xfree86 under cygwin

["=?GB2312?Q?=B0=A2=B9=F3?=" <imaq at 21cn dot com>]

Hi, Cary,

>Hello, I am trying to locate a graphical file manager for Xfree86 running
>under cygwin
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>I have tried to compile xfm 1.4.3 and got it working under xfree86 under
>cygwin, but it does not allow access to non cygwin directories.
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>It complains saying Directory is Unreadable.
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>/cygdrive doesn't show up in the root, so I created a symlink with:
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>ln -s /cygdrive/c /cygdrivec
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>I'm guessing it has trouble following a symlink from /cydrivec to
>/cygdrive/c/
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>Can anyone suggest a working file manager?
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You may try gnome-commander, if you like the style of NC and MC (like me, but I can't bare gmc :-).
You can find gnome-commander-0.9.8 for Cygwin GNOME at http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/cygnome
But this will pull in a lot of GNOME libraries. 
At least you need the cygnome-libs-1.4b1-3, gnome-vfs-1.0.5-patch package.
Read more info on intallation at http://cygnome.sourceforge.net/install.html.

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>Thanks.
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>If anyone wants the Imake.options I can post or email.
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>Does anyone know where I can find a compiled binary for xfm or a similar
>client.
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>I don't want to have to install the kde files or xfce.
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>My plan is to use cygwin / xfree86 via ssh to do remote support of windows
>machines.
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>Thanks for any help.
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