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File Manager Toolbar

 

The toolbar located across the top of the File Manager window contains buttons useful for directory navigation, file manipulation, and configuring the view.

Figure 1: File Manager Toolbar
File Manager Toolbar

Table 1 lists the File Manager toolbar functions from left to right.

Table 1: File Manager Toolbar Functions

Function

Description

Back

Displays the contents of a directory previously accessed.

Forward

Allows you to go forward on the history list.

Up

Changes the directory to the parent of the current directory.

Home

Goes to the user’s home directory.

Path

Displays the directory path.

Refresh

Refreshes the directory view.

Search

Search text inside the files of the current directory.

View

Drop-down menu to customize the display.

Help

Displays the online-help webpage for more detailed information.

Files of Type

This field filters for file names or extensions.

The Files of Type drop-down menu options include the following:

All Files (*.*) Displays all file types in a directory in the right pane of the File Manager.
Spec Files (spec.*)Displays only the specification files in a directory. The specification file is used by the program to determine which input directories and files to load for the network.
Dparam Files (dparam.*) Allows you to display only the dparam files in a directory. A dparam file contains default parameter values for the network, such as hardware type, link bandwidth and overhead, size and performance tuning, and miscellaneous parameters.
MuxLoc Files (muxloc.*) Displays only muxloc files in the directory. This file contains the node ID and name of each node in the network.
BBlink Files (bblink.*) Displays only bblink files. This file contains the location, quantity, vendor, and attributes of the links found in the network.
Demand Files (demand.*) Displays only demand files. This file contains information regarding the end-to-end tunnels, circuits, or flows, and path specifications needed for the network.

You can enter in a custom filter string by using wildcards and pressing Enter. The following wildcard characters are supported:

Asterisk (*) Represents any string of characters. One advantage is that files can be filtered by runcode. For example, you can type the filter *.mpls-fish to filter the files to show only files with the runcode mpls-fish.
Question Mark (?) Represents any one character. For example, the bblink.mpls? string can be used to fetch files named bblink.mpls1 and bblink.mpls2 but not bblink.mpls-fish.