FDclone (FD stands for “File and Directory”) is an easy-to-use file management tool for Un*x newbies.
FDclone is a clone of “FD” written by Atsushi Idei, which was once a very popular file manager in Japan. Japanese MS-DOS users treated the name of “FD” as the synonym of file maintenance tools.
Messages are available either in English or in Japanese.
Features include:
- Standard file management operations such as copy, delete, rename, run files, and more.
- Tree mode.
- Display modes – default, sym-link status, file type symbol, sym-link status and file type symbol.
- Sort modes – unsorted, alphabetical, extension, size, date, length, alphabetical (reversal), extension (reversal), size (reversal), date (reversal), length (reversal), and preserve previous sort type.
- Unpack files.
- Configurable.
Website: hp.vector.co.jp
Support: GitHub code repository
Developer: Takashi Shirai
License: Open Source

FDclone is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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