<article lang="&language;" id="file"> <title >file</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author >&Ferdinand.Gassauer; &Ferdinand.Gassauer.mail;</author> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >Malcolm</firstname ><surname >Hunter</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >Conversion to British English</contrib ></othercredit > </authorgroup> </articleinfo> <para >The <emphasis >file</emphasis > protocol is used by all &kde; applications to display locally available files. </para> <para >Entering <userinput ><command >file:/directoryname</command ></userinput > in &konqueror; lists the files of this folder. </para> </article>