PCManFM(1)                       User Manuals                       PCManFM(1)



NAME
       PCManFM - A lightweight Gtk+ based file manager for X Window.

SYNOPSIS
       pcmanfm [ options ] [ directories ]

DESCRIPTION
       PCMan File Manager (PCManFM) is an extremly fast, lightweight, yet fea-
       ture-rich file manager with tabbed browsing. It  is  the  default  file
       manager for the lightweight desktop environment, LXDE.
       Features:
         * Extremly fast and lightweight
         * Can be started in one second on normal machine
         * Tabbed browsing (similar to Firefox)
         * Drag & Drop handling with XDS (X direct save) support
         * Files can be dragged between tabs
         * Load large directories in reasonable time
         * File association support (with default application setup)
         * Basic thumbnail support with optional EXIF support
         * Bookmarks support
         * Handles non-UTF-8 encoded filenames correctly
         * Provide icon view and detailed list view
         * Standard compliant (follows FreeDesktop.org specifications)
         * Clean and user-friendly interface (GTK+ 2.0)
         * Full desktop management
         * Can set individual wallpapers for each workspace
         * Removable media mounts support
         * Seamless access to remote file systems such as sftp, smb, and ftp
         * Trash can support

OPTIONS
   Global options:
       -d, --daemon-mode   run PCManFM as a daemon (ignored if another PCManFM
                           is already running)

       -p profile, --profile=profile
                           load  another  configuration  profile  instead   of
                           "default"

       --no-desktop        for Nautilus compatibility

   Per-instance options:
       --desktop           launch desktop manager (ignores -d)

       --desktop-off       turn off desktop manager if it's running

       --desktop-pref      open desktop preference dialog

       --one-screen        manage  desktop  only  on current X screen (only if
                           --desktop is used)

       -n, --new-win       open directories in new window

       --role              set X role for window (only if -n is used)

       --wallpaper-mode=mode
                           Set mode of desktop wallpaper, mode is:
                            color (fill with solid color),
                            stretch (stretch to fill entire monitor),
                            fit (stretch to fit monitor size),
                            center (place on center of monitor),
                            tile (tile to fill entire monitor),
                            crop (stretch and crop to fill monitor), or
                            screen (stretch to fill entire screen)

       -w file, --set-wallpaper=file
                           set desktop wallpaper from image file

       --show-pref n       open preferences dialog on page n

       -f, --find-files    open a file search dialog window

       directories         directories to open

DESKTOP MANAGEMENT
       The PCMan File Manager can manage your desktop. That  includes  drawing
       some  background on it and showing icons of Desktop folder. To activate
       the desktop management the  pcmanfm  should  be  executed  with  option
       --desktop.  Other option that affects this mode is --one-screen. Change
       running desktop manager parameters you can by  executing  pcmanfm  with
       option --desktop-pref which opens window with preferences or using com-
       mand line parameters for options --set-wallpaper  or  --wallpaper-mode.
       Execution pcmanfm --desktop-off terminates desktop management.

       While pcmanfm manages desktop it displays icons on desktop. Behavior of
       icons resembles folder view in main window  of  pcmanfm  but  icons  on
       desktop can "remember" their position. If you have two or more monitors
       then desktop background and set of icons will be shown on each of them.
       Icons positions will be remembered individually for each of monitors.

ENVIRONMENT
       XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
              The  current  desktop  environment.  This variable affects items
              which will be shown in menu://applications/ folder.
       XDG_MENU_PREFIX
              The prefix for XDG  menu  definition  XML  file.  This  variable
              affects layout of items shown in menu://applications/ folder.

FILES
       ~/.config/pcmanfm/default
              The default configuration profile directory
       ~/.config/pcmanfm/default/pcmanfm.conf
              The main configuration file
       ~/.config/pcmanfm/default/desktop-items-0.conf
              The desktop items layout for screen 0 (primary screen)

AUTHOR
       PCManFM is named after its author's nickname on the internet, PCMan. It
       was written by Hong Jen Yee <pcman.tw@gmail.com>.

       This manual page was written by  Tetralet  <tetralet@debian.or.tw>  for
       the    Debian   GNU/Linux   system.   Updated   by   Andriy   Grytsenko
       <andrej@rep.kiev.ua>



pcmanfm 1.2.3                    January 2014                       PCManFM(1)
