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+LYNX FILE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT
+
+New facilities have been added since Lynx 2-3 to provide support
+for managing files on the local filesystem.  These facilities allow
+the user to delete, rename, and re-locate files and/or directories and
+to create and/or upload new files and directories.  This will mainly
+be of interest to systems administrators who are interested in running
+lynx as a restricted shell in order to provide controlled access to a
+range of services (as in a freenet). It may also be of use at sites
+where some of the users are experiencing difficulty with the raw Unix
+interface.
+
+Support for the new facilities is enabled at compile time by defining
+the variable `DIRED_SUPPORT' in the `MCFLAGS' list in the Lynx
+Makefile, and in the WWW makefile `CommonMakefile'.  Runtime support
+for disabling the facilities is provided by way of the restriction
+`dired_support' which can be set on the command line for a particular
+session.
+
+The Makefile also provides additional compile time flags for
+controlling the extent and application of the file management
+facilities; specifically, `OK_TAR' which enables support for creating
+and expanding tar archives, `OK_GZIP' which enables use of gzip to
+compress and decompress files, and `OK_OVERRIDE' which allows access
+to the file management facilities directly from the keyboard in
+addition to access by way of a file management menu.
+
+There are two possible modes of operation; the first in which a single
+file management menu is invoked via the `f', or `F' key; the second,
+in which the more often used facilities are made available directly
+from the keyboard in addition to access via the menu.  The second
+method provides a much better user interface but requires re-mapping
+some of the keys from their standard lynx interpretation, temporarily
+when file management mode is in effect.  For example, if OK_OVERRIDE is
+defined at compile-time, then the line at the bottom of the screen, in
+novice mode, will be
+
+  C)reate  D)ownload  E)dit  F)ull menu  M)odify  R)emove  T)ag  U)pload
+
+rather than the standard second noviceline,
+
+  H)elp O)ptions P)rint G)o M)ain screen Q)uit /=search [delete]=history list
+
+when the user is browsing part of the file system.  If OK_OVERRIDE is not
+defined then all access to file management functionality must be by way
+of the menu.  The only exception is that the facility to tag files for
+subsequent removal and/or re-location is always available directly from
+the keyboard using `t', and `T'.
+
+This is a first release of the file management enhancements and suggestions
+for improvements are welcome.  Among the enhancements which are currently
+being considered are facilities for changing file access attributes, and
+a facility for listing and extracting part of an archive.
+
+In order to use the file management facilities you may either point
+the program at a directory on the command line or point the program at
+an html file which contains a link of the following form:
+
+   <a href="file://localhost/~/"> Manage Personal Directory ? </a>
+
+where the anchor `file://localhost/~/' implies a reference to
+/home/username.  Because the `~/' in a file URL is converted to
+`/home/username' regardless of origin, these facilities also work when
+the anchor shown above is served from an http server as well.  In
+either case the reference is to files on the local system and not
+files in the domain of the server.
+
+By default the file listing is in standard Unix mixed format, but you
+may use the Options menu to select WWW `directories first' format, or
+`files first' format if you prefer.
+
+Rick Mallett, Carleton University, Ottawa Canada. (rmallett@ccs.carleton.ca)