File System Visualizer

File System Visualizer, also known as fsv, is a 3D file browser using OpenGL, written by Daniel Richard G. It is a clone of SGI's fsn file manager for IRIX systems, aimed to run on modern Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.^[1]

File System Visualizer

File System Visualizer showing a user's home directory on Mac OS X
Developer(s)	Daniel Richard G.
Stable release	0.9 / September 8, 1999; 25 years ago (1999-09-08)
Written in	C
Operating system	Unix-like
Available in	English
Type	File manager
License	GNU Lesser General Public License
Website	fsv.sourceforge.net

It is capable of representing file systems in two ways:

• MapV mode: files and directories are represented as cuboids of equal height, with the size of the cuboid representing the size of the file or directory.

• TreeV mode: files and directories are shown in a more conventional file tree style, with links between parent directories and subdirectories, and columns of various height (indicating file size) on top of the directories to represent the files inside.

In both of these modes, a standard 2D file tree is displayed on the left of the window. The mouse can be used to rotate the 3D representation of the file system, and an "Eagle Eye" function shows the representation from an overhead view. File System Visualizer is also capable of manipulating the files and directories it displays.

In popular culture

The 1993 film Jurassic Park has a scene that prominently features SGI's fsn, the original version of the utility that fsv clones.^[2]

External links

• Free and open-source software portal

• File System Visualizer on SourceForge
• A fork for more recent versions of Linux. on GitHub
• A fork for Windows. on GitHub

Reference

1. "fsv - 3D File System Visualizer". fsv.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2024-06-01.
2. "FSN – the IRIX 3D file system tool from Jurassic Park". www.siliconbunny.com. 2 December 2008. Retrieved 2024-09-04.