Documentation / Help about Ant Commander (Pro) file manager
Local files includes
Here are a few example of local files:
Compressed file system are read only file systems. You cannot modify the content of the compressed files and directories.
Ant Commander Pro will handle the compressed files like a directory provided that the file name uses a standard extension. This means that double clicking it or alt + click or Enter key will navigate inside the compressed file.
To execute a compressed file, select the file and click on the Execute button in the status bar.
To open a Zip file with another extension than ‘zip’, select the file, use F9 and ‘Open file as zip file’ action.
The following compression formats are currently supported:
Here are a few examples of url:
The following network file systems are currently supported:
Use the Navigation -> Go To… action to go to a network directory.
For Amazon S3, use F9 -> Go to S3
Note that you can bookmark it afterwards.
Lst files are text files containing list of files with size and last modified date.
Use F9 -> Store directory files in text to create a lst file of a directory.
To open it, just double click on the created .lst file.
This file system is read only and cannot view file content unless the listed directory is still accessible.
It is possible to match a .lst file with a directory with F9 -> Match Lst with Directory, for example to quickly search files and still be able to open files.
The github file system allows to browse a remote github repository in Ant Commander Pro like a file system.
Use F9 -> Go to GitHub action to open this file system
I highly advise in creating an API Token key to be able to do more requests to the GitHub API.
The URL should look like https://github.com/organization/project-name/tree/branch-name
The GitHub file system is read-only.
The cluster file system allow to view multiple similar directories as one.
Use the Go to cluster action to enter the list of directories.
If a file is not in all directories, the file name will look more transparent.
The size and date of the last modified file is used in the directory table panel.
Clicking on a file will show the files (with the same name) in the different directories. The tooltip will show you the absolute path of the file. Note that technically this is another file system.
The bookmark file system will show the bookmark like if it was a directory. Clicking on a bookmark (file or directory) will open the file or directory.
Use Navigation -> Go To… -> Drives drop down to go to a bookmark file system.
The bookmark file file system is a file system that takes a text file (.bookmarks extension) as input and create a file system based on the bookmarks in text file.
Like for Lst or compressed file, just double click on the .bookmarks text file to open the file system.
You can manipulate the bookmarks in this file system by copying files, moving files, renaming files, creating folders.
This file system is in beta stage, so you may experience more bugs. In this case, you can always edit the .bookmarks file using a text editor.
Ram will store files and directories in the RAM of the computer.
Note that as soon as you close the application, all files and directories in this file system will be permanently deleted.
File locations are stored with URLs. More info at the Commons VFS website