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

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

| operating system = [[Unix-like]]

| language = [[English language|English]]

| genre = [[File manager]]

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

| website = {{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]], written by Daniel Richard G. It is a clone of [[Silicon Graphics|SGI]]'s [[fsn (file manager)|fsn]] [[file manager]] for [[IRIX]] systems, aimed to run on modern [[Linux]] and other [[Unix-like]] [[operating system]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=fsv - 3D File System Visualizer |url=https://fsv.sourceforge.net/doc/fsv.html |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=fsv.sourceforge.net}}</ref> While not officially deprecated, the source code for the software has not been modified since 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=fsv - 3D File System Visualizer |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/fsv/files/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=fsv.sourceforge.net}}</ref>

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

* 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.

* TreeV mode,: files and directories are shown in a more conventional file tree mannerstyle, 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 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 files and directories it showsdisplays.

==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==

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

== Reference ==

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[[Category:Disk usage analysis software]]

[[Category:3D file managers]]