Contents->Front Ends

1. Download Front End
2. Format Front End
3. FSCK Front End
4. ZIPTool Front End

Endeavour's front ends are programs that provide a GUI (Graphical User Interface) to some common command line programs that are used to maintain drives, modify disks, or manage files.

All of Endeavour's front ends are located in:

• /usr/lib/endeavour2/bin/

Most front ends require a third party command line application (which is detected at runtime). For example, the Download Front End requires the wget program.

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Download Front End

• /usr/lib/endeavour2/bin/download.front

Called by Endeavour whenever a URL with a http:// or ftp:// prefix is dragged on to Endeavour's file browser or image browser, the Download Front End uses wget to download the specified URL while displaying a graphical progress dialog.

You can set the Download Front End program's location by going to Settings->Options->Programs.

You can also run this program without arguments to prompt user for a URL to download.

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Format Front End

• /usr/lib/endeavour2/bin/format.front

This is the default program for the Format Command of a Device Reference, it is a front end for the command line programs fdformat and superformat (whichever is detected at run time, in that order).

To set a Device Reference's Format Command to run this program:

1. Go to Devices->Devices...
2. Select the Device Reference that you want to set the Format Command on
3. Click on Edit...
4. Set the value for Format to:
   • /usr/lib/endeavour2/bin/format.front
5. Click on OK

You should run Endeavour at least once and set up your Device References before running this program.

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FSCK Front End

• /usr/lib/endeavour2/bin/fsck.front

This is the default program for the Filesystem Check Command of a Device Reference, it is a front end for the command line program fsck.

To set a Device Reference's Check Command to run this program:

1. Go to Devices->Devices...
2. Select the Device Reference that you want to set the Check Command on
3. Click on Edit...
4. Set the value for Check to:
   • /usr/lib/endeavour2/bin/fsck.front
5. Click on OK

You should run Endeavour at least once and set up your Device References before running this program.

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ZIPTool Front End

• /usr/lib/endeavour2/bin/ziptool.front

For use with IOMega JAZ and ZIP drives, this is a graphical program often set as the Tools Command of a Device Reference. It uses the ziptool program to control the JAZ or ZIP drive. Note that the ziptool program should have the setuid permission set.

To set a Device Reference's Tools Command to run this program:

1. Go to Devices->Devices...
2. Select the Device Reference that you want to set the Tools Command on
3. Click on Edit...
4. Set the value for Tools to:
   • /usr/lib/endeavour2/bin/ziptool.front
5. Click on OK

You should run Endeavour at least once and set up your Device References before running this program.