Chapter 6. Menu Commands

File Menu

File->New Text File (Shift+F4)

Creates a new text file in the current directory, unless another directory is specified. The new file is opened for editing after it is created.

File->New Directory (F7)

Creates a new directory in the current directory.

File->New Symlink (Alt+Ctrl+S)

Creates a symbolic link to the currently selected file.

File->View File (F3)

Opens the currently selected file for viewing.

File->Edit File (F4)

Opens the currently selected file for editing.

File->Copy (F5)

Opens a dialog to copy the currently selected files or directories to a specified location.

File->Move (F6)

Opens a dialog to move the currently selected files or directories to a specified location.

File->Pack (Alt+P)

Creates a new archive of all the selected files and directories in the active panel.

File->Unpack (Alt+U)

Unpacks all the selected files in the active panel.

File->Test Archive (Alt+E)

Tests archive for corruption.

File->Compare by content

Compares two current files by content - one from each panel via an external graphical diff utility. By default Kompare (part of the kdebase package) is used, but you can also use e.g. xxdiff or Kdiff3 , change it in the Konfigurator Dependencies page.

File->Multi Rename (Shift+F9)

This menu option starts Krename a very powerful external batch renamer for KDE 3.x.

Krename Features

Renaming a list of files based on a set of expressions
Copying/moving a list of files to another directory
Convert filenames to upper/lower case
Adding numbers to filenames
Finding and replacing parts of the filename
Renaming MP3/OGG Vorbis files based on their ID3 tags
Setting access and modification dates
Changing permissions and file ownership
A plug-in API which allows you to extend Krename's features
Renaming directories recursively
Support for KFilePlugins
Create undo file
And many more....

File->Create Checksum

Checksum creation on file(s) and/or folder(s).

File->Verify Checksum

Verify Checksum

File->Split file (Ctrl+P)

The Split file function splits a file up into multiple smaller files so that it can be stored on several smaller media (like diskettes, zip-drives, ...) or sent by e-mail.

File->Combine files (Ctrl+B)

The Combine files function combines multiple files into one file after the Split file function was used.

File->Quit (Ctrl+Q)

Closes Krusader and cleans up the temporary directory, the same as pressing F10 key.