File Commands (Pre-defined commands)

This category contains pre-defined commands relating to file operations. Many of these commands appear on the default Operations toolbar. Most of these commands use the Opus concept of source and destination folders.

• Add To Archive: Displays the Add To Archive dialog to create an archive from the selected files and folders.
• Administrator Mode: Turns on Administrator Mode for the current Lister (except on Windows XP).
• Copy As: Copy selected files and folders to the destination, giving them new names.
• Copy File: Copy selected files and folders to the destination folder.
• Copy Filter: Turn the recursive Copy Filter on and off for the current Lister.
• Create Folder: Create a new folder in the current file display.
• Delete: Delete selected files and folders.
• Delete Filter: Turn the recursive Delete Filter on or off for the current Lister.
• Duplicate: Duplicate (make copies of in the same location) selected files and folders.
• Edit Metadata: Edit the metadata for selected files.
• Email Files: Send selected files as email attachments (files are sent as-is, not zipped first).
• Extract: Extract the contents of selected archive files.
• File Filter: Turn on or off both the Copy and Delete Filters.
• Get Sizes: Calculate the sizes for selected folders (if no folders are selected, all folders in the current list will be scanned).
• Join: Join selected files together.
• Move As: Move selected files and folders to the destination, giving them new names.
• Move File: Move selected files and folders to the destination folder.
• New Archive: Create a new archive file.
• Play: Play selected sound files using the Opus sound player.
• Print: Print selected files.
• Properties: Display the properties dialog for selected files and folders.
• Remove From Collection: Remove selected items from a file collection (only works within collections). If you use the Delete command on items within collections, the actual files will be deleted.
• Rename: Rename selected files and folders (this defaults to the Simple Rename dialog).
• Secure Wipe: Securely delete selected files and folders.
• Set Attributes: Change the attributes and timestamps of selected files and folders.
• Set Description: Assign a description to selected files and folders.
• Set Label: Assign a label to selected files and folders.
• Shortcut: Create a shortcut to selected files and folders in the destination.
• Show: Display selected image files using the Opus image viewer.
• Slideshow: Run a slideshow of images in the current folder (if any images are selected only they will be shown, otherwise all images in the current folder will be displayed).
• Split: Split selected file into multiple smaller parts.
• Update All: Copy selected files if they have changed (have more recent timestamps) or don't exist at all in the destination.
• Update Existing: Copy selected files if they have changed (have more recent timestamps) than those in the destination. Only files that already exist in the destination will be copied.
• ZIP And Email Files: Zip selected files and send the resulting archive as an email attachment.