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<title>file</title>
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<authorgroup>
<author>&Ferdinand.Gassauer; &Ferdinand.Gassauer.mail;</author>
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The <emphasis>file</emphasis> protocol is used by all &kde; applications to 
display locally available files.
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<para>
Entering 
<userinput><command>file:/directoryname</command></userinput> in &konqueror; 
 lists the files of this folder.
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