nautilus(1) User Commands nautilus(1)NAMEnautilus - the GNOME File Manager
SYNOPSISnautilus [--browser] [--check] [--load-session=file] [--no-default-win‐
dow] [--no-desktop] [--quit] [location] [gnome-std-options]
DESCRIPTION
The GNOME File Manager is the primary graphical interface to the file
system. It provides access to, and manipulation of, files and folders
on both local and remote filesystems by giving a virtual view of them.
The File Manager supports multiple view types to allow you to view
files and folders as an arrangement of icons, as a detailed list, or as
a number of data-specific views which allow embedded viewing of text,
images and other multi-media.
Nautilus provides the desktop backdrop and its associated icons for
launching applications, access to folders, the trash and removeable
media (such as CD-ROMs and zip disks). The trash container is a spe‐
cial view of objects that have been removed from their original loca‐
tions but not yet permanently deleted from the system. Emptying the
trash will delete these objects permanently.
The side pane of the main window provides additional information about
the folder in the current view as well as allowing the user to add any
arbitrary notes; for example, to describe the folder or its contents. A
tree view of the filesystem is also available on the side bar, which
can be used to switch between the location of the main view and a his‐
tory view to show the recently viewed locations.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
--browser Open a browser window.
-c, --check Perform a quick set of self-check
tests.
-l, --load-session=file Load a saved session from the specified
file. Implies --no-default-window.
-n, --no-default-window Only create windows for explicitly
specified locations.
--no-desktop Do not manage the desktop backdrop.
-q, --quit Quit a currently running Nautilus
application.
gnome-std-options Standard options available for use with
most GNOME applications. See gnome-
std-options(5) for more information.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
location The location to be viewed. This location may be speci‐
fied as a filesystem directory (for example,
/home/guest/Documents), or by using any of the URI
schemes supported by Nautilus (for example,
http://www.sun.com or ftp://ftp.gnome.org).
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching Nautilus to view a specific location
example% nautilus /home/guest/Images
Example 2: Opening a Nautilus window with a specified width and height
and without managing the desktop background
example% nautilus --geometry=450x300 --no-desktop
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/nautilus The command-line executable for the GNOME file
manager.
~/.nautilus/* The location of user-specific meta-data,
including notes, emblems, and background pat‐
terns.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │gnome/file-manager/nautilus │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface stability │Volatile │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSO
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
nautilus-cd-burner(1), nautilus-file-management-properties(1), totem-
video-thumbnailer(1), libgnomevfs-2(3), attributes(5), gnome-std-
options(5)NOTES
Written by Stephen Browne, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006, 2007.
SunOS 5.11 08 Nov 2007 nautilus(1)
