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diff --git a/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/tdeioslave/fish/index.docbook b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/tdeioslave/fish/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1c2df8ea24d --- /dev/null +++ b/tde-i18n-en_GB/docs/tdebase/tdeioslave/fish/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> + <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE"> <!-- change language only here --> +]> + +<article lang="&language;" id="fish"> +<title>fish</title> +<articleinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author>&Joerg.Walter; &Joerg.Walter.mail;</author> +<othercredit role="translator"><firstname>Malcolm</firstname><surname>Hunter</surname><affiliation><address><email>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email></address></affiliation><contrib>Conversion to British English</contrib></othercredit> +</authorgroup> + +<date>2002-06-23</date> +<releaseinfo>1.1.1</releaseinfo> + +</articleinfo> + +<para>Allows you to access another computer's files using a simple <acronym>SSH</acronym> shell account and standard &UNIX; utilities on the remote side. This way, no server software is needed and you gain access to that computer's files as if they were local (or on <acronym>NFS</acronym>, since it is slower than local access). It uses the same protocol as <application>MidnightCommander</application>'s #sh <acronym>VFS</acronym> handler.</para> + +<para>Fish should work with any roughly <acronym>POSIX</acronym> compatible &UNIX; based remote computer. It uses the shell commands <command>cat</command>, <command>chgrp</command>, <command>chmod</command>, <command>chown</command>, <command>cp</command>, <command>dd</command>, <command>env</command>, <command>expr</command>, <command>grep</command>, <command>ls</command>, <command>mkdir</command>, <command>mv</command>, <command>rm</command>, <command>rmdir</command>, <command>sed</command>, and <command>wc</command>. Fish starts <command>/bin/sh</command> as its shell and expects it to be a Bourne shell (or compatible, like <command>bash</command>). If the <command>sed</command> and <command>file</command> commands are available, as well as a <filename>/etc/apache/magic</filename> file with &MIME; type signatures, these will be used to guess &MIME; types. </para> + +<para>If <application>Perl</application> is available on the remote machine, it will be used instead. Then only <command>env</command> and <command>/bin/sh</command> are needed. Using <application>Perl</application> has the additional benefit of being faster.</para> + +<para>Fish may even work on &Windows; machines, if tools like <application>Cygwin</application> are installed. All the above utilities must be in the system <envar>PATH</envar>, and the initial shell must be able to process the command <command>echo FISH:;/bin/sh</command> correctly.</para> + +</article> |