List view column descriptions. Phil Bull philbull@gmail.com

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List view

There are 12 columns of information that you can display in the file browser's list view. Click ViewVisible Columns to select which columns will be visible.

Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to choose the order in which the selected columns will appear.

To view hidden files, click on View and check the box next to Show Hidden Files. Alternatively, click CtrlH.

To hide hidden files, click on View and uncheck the box next to Show Hidden Files. Alternatively, click CtrlH.

Name

The name of subfolders and files located in folder being viewed.

Size

The size of a folder is given as the number of items contained in the folder.

The size of a file is given as bytes, KB or MB.

Type

Displayed as folder, or file type such as PDF document, JPEG image, MP3 audio, and more.

Date Modified

Gives the date and time of the last time the file was modified.

Date Accessed

Gives the date and time of the last time the file was accessed.

Group

The group the file is owned by.

Location

The path to the location of the file.

MIME Type

Displays the MIME type of the item.

Permissions

Displays the file access permissions eg. drwxrw-r--

The first character - is the file type. - means regular file and d means directory (folder).

The next three characters rw- specify permissions for the user who owns the file.

The next three r-- specify permissions for all members of the group that owns the file.

The last three characters in the column r-- specify permissions for all other users on the system.

Each character has the following meanings:

r : Read permission.

w : Write permission.

x : Execute permission.

- : No permission.

Octal Permissions

Displays the file permissions in octal notation prefixed with '40' for folders and '100' for files. In the last three digits, each digit represents user class, group class and other users respectively.

Read adds 4 to the total of each of the last three digits.

Write adds 2 to the total.

Execute adds 1 to the total.

Owner

The name of the user the folder or file is owned by.

SELinux Context

Dislplays the SELinux Context of the file, if applicable.