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{{Short description|File manager for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems}}

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{{Infobox Software

| name = File System Visualizer

| screenshot = [[Image:FSV-OSX-screenshot.png|250px]]

| caption = File System Visualizer showing a user's home directory on [[macOS|Mac OS X]]

| developer = Daniel Richard G.

| released =

| latest release version = 0.9

| latest release date = {{releaseStart date and age|1999|9|8}}

| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]

| operating system = [[Unix-like]]

| language = [[English language|English]]

| genre = [[File manager]]

| license = [[GNU Lesser General Public License]]

| website = http://{{URL|fsv.sourceforge.net/}}

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'''File System Visualizer''', also known as '''fsv''', is a [[3D computer graphics|3D]] file browser using [[OpenGL]], createdwritten by Daniel Richard G. It is a clone of [[Silicon Graphics|SGI]]'s [[fsn]] [[file manager]] for [[IRIX]] systems, aimed to run on modern [[Linux]] and other [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s.<ref>{{Cite Itweb is|title=fsv capable- of3D representingFile fileSystem systemsVisualizer in two ways|url=https://fsv.sourceforge.net/doc/fsv.html |access-date=2024-06-01 in|website=fsv.sourceforge.net}}</ref> MapVWhile mode,not files and directories are represented as [[cuboid]]s of equalofficially heightdeprecated, with the sizesource ofcode the cuboid representingfor the sizesoftware ofhas thenot filebeen ormodified directory, and in TreeV mode, files and directories are shown in a more conventional tree manner, with links between parent directories and subdirectories, and columns of various height (indicating file size) on top of the directories to represent the filessince inside2001.<ref>{{Cite Inweb both|title=fsv of these modes, a standard 2D tree representation of files and directories 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 |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/fsv/files/ and|access-date=2025-03-24 directories it shows|website=fsv.sourceforge.net}}</ref>

It is capable of representing [[File system|file systems]] in two ways:

==File size limit==

There is a limit in the file sizes fsv can handle. The maximum file size is 4 Gb. Bigger files will not be shown, and will not contribute to the size of a folder.

* MapV mode: files and directories are represented as [[cuboid]]s of equal height, with the size of the cuboid representing the size of the file or directory.

==See also==

{{Portal|Free software}}

* 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.

* [[fsn]], the 3D file manager which inspired File System Visualizer

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 (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' has a scene that prominently features SGI's fsn, the original version of the utility that fsv clones.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FSN – the IRIX 3D file system tool from Jurassic Park |url=https://www.siliconbunny.com/fsn-the-irix-3d-file-system-tool-from-jurassic-park/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=www.siliconbunny.com|date=2 December 2008 }}</ref>

==External links==

{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

*[http://fsv.sourceforge.net/ File System Visualizer homepage]

*{{sourceforge|fsv}}

*{{github|mcuelenaere/fsv|A fork for more recent versions of Linux.}}

*{{github|thiekus/fsvwin|A fork for Windows.}}

== Reference ==

[[Category:File managers]]

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[[Category:Disk usage analysis software]]

[[Category:File3D file managers]]

[[Category:Free file managers]]

[[Category:Free software programmed in C]]

[[Category:Linux file system-related software]]

[[Category:Unix file system-related software]]

[[Category:OSUtilities Xfor softwaremacOS]]

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