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| openSUSE Documentation openSUSE 10.2 GNOME Quick Start / 4. Managing Files and Folders | ||||
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| 3. Customizing Your Desktop | 5. Finding Files on Your Computer | | |
Use the Nautilus File Manager to create and view folders and documents, run scripts, and create CDs of your data. Open Nautilus by double-clicking your Home directory icon on the desktop. The contents of your home directory are displayed.
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The elements of the Nautilus window include the following:
Menu: Lets you perform most tasks.
Toolbar: Lets you quickly navigate among files and folders, and provides access to files and folders.
Location Bar: Lets you locate files, folders, and URI sites.
Side Pane: Lets you navigate or display information about the selected file or folder. Use the drop-down list to customize what is shown in the pane. The list includes ways to view information about files, perform actions on files, add emblems to files, view a history of recently visited sites, and display your files in the Tree system.
View Pane: Displays folders and files. Use the options on the menu to increase or decrease the size of content in the view pane and to display items as a list or as icons.
Status Bar: Displays the number of items in a folder and gives the available free space. When a file is selected, the status bar displays the filename and size.
If you have files you haven’t used in a while but want to keep on your computer, you can compress the files into a tape archive (TAR) format.
In the Nautilus view pane, right-click the folder you want to archive, then click .
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Accept the default archive filename or provide a new name.
Select a file extension from the drop-down list. Use tar.gz for the
most common archive form.
Specify a location for the archive file, then click .
To extract an archived file, right-click the file and select .
If your system has a CD or DVD read/write drive, you can use the Nautilus file manager to burn CDs and DVDs.
Click +++ or insert a blank disc and click or ..
Copy the files you want to put on the CD or DVD into the Nautilus window.
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Click .
Modify information in the Write to Disc dialog box or accept the defaults, then click .
The files are burned to the disc. This could take a few minutes, depending on the amount of data being burned and the speed of your burner.
You can also use the Helix* Banshee™ music player to burn audio and MP3 CDs.
Use the Nautilus Bookmarks feature to mark your favorite folders.
Select the folder or item you want to create a bookmark for.
Click +. The bookmark is added to the list, with the folder name as the bookmark name. When you bookmark a file, it is the folder that is actually bookmarked.
To select an item from your Bookmarks list, click , then click the desired bookmark in the list.
You can also organize your Bookmarks list by clicking + and making your selections in the dialog box.
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To change the order of your bookmarks, click a bookmark and drag it to the desired location.
