CAJA(1) General Commands Manual CAJA(1)

NAME
Caja - The MATE File Manager

SYNOPSIS
caja [OPTIONS...] [URI...]

DESCRIPTION
Caja is the default file manager for the MATE Desktop Environment. It
makes it easy to manage, manipulate, and customize files and directo‐
ries. Caja can access local and remote filesystems such as SSH, FTP,
and WebDav (HTTP/HTTPS).

Caja also provides the desktop background and the icons it uses for
launching links and applications, as well as accessing files, directo‐
ries, the trash, and removable media like CD/DVD/BD and USB drives.

This manual page briefly documents the caja command.

OPTIONS
--browser
Open a browser window.

-c, --check
Perform a quick set of self-check tests.

--display=DISPLAY
X display to use.

-g, --geometry=GEOMETRY
Create the initial window with the given geometry.

-n, --no-default-window
Only create windows for explicitly specified URIs.

--no-desktop
Do not manage the desktop (ignore the preference set in the
preferences dialog).

-q, --quit
Quit Caja.

--version
Print current version information and exit.

-?, -h, --help

Print standard command line options.

--help-all
Print all command line options.

This program also accepts the standard GTK options.

EXAMPLES
caja ftp://ftp.kernel.org/
Open a new Caja window on the Linux Kernel ftp server.

caja --no-desktop /home/user/

 Open a Caja window in "user's" home directory without managing the
desktop.

caja -g 600x400
Open a Caja window that is 600 pixels wide by 400 pixels high.

BUGS
Should you encounter any bugs, they may be reported at:
http://github.com/mate-desktop/caja/issues

AUTHORS
This Man Page has been updated/re-written for the MATE Desktop Environment
by:
Adam Erdman <hekel@archlinux.info> (2014)

HISTORY
This manual page was originally written by Takuo KITAME
<kitame@debian.org> and Dafydd Harries <daf@muse.19inch.net> to accom‐
pany the Nautilus file manager for the GNOME Desktop Environment on
Debian GNU/Linux. (2004)

SEE ALSO
Caja documentation can be found from the "Help" menu, or by pressing the F1
key.
Further information may also be available at: http://wiki.mate-desk‐
top.org/docs

caja-file-management-properties(1), caja-autorun-software(1), caja-con‐

nect-server(1)

MATE Desktop Environment 29 January 2014 CAJA(1)