ncftp does rock
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| Author | Content |
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| dominic Aug 29, 2006 3:22 PM EDT |
ncftp is a great program... which I haven't used in years. FTP is the devil. As for sftp client, I don't even bother. I use Konqueror for any GUI needs and if you have ssh keys setup, you can tab-complete remote paths in zsh for scp. |
| jimf Aug 29, 2006 3:28 PM EDT |
Yeah, I've gotten so I use krusader for the same thing. |
| techiem2 Aug 29, 2006 3:34 PM EDT |
I use scp command line all the time (though I need to get those keys setup one of these days).
I never really got into any of the gui file management/transfer tools.
The closest I use is mc in a terminal window. :) But yeah, I rarely use ftp for anything other than retrieving updates for gentoo and such. |
| wind0wsr3fund Aug 30, 2006 9:24 AM EDT |
ncftpput and ncftpget are great for scripts. |
| herzeleid Aug 30, 2006 9:30 AM EDT |
I'm not so sure ftp is the devil - in fact I'm pretty sure it's not. It's always good to have choices, but sometimes ftp is the only mechanism available for certain purposes, and in those cases, ncftp is truly worth it's weight in gold. |
| Sander_Marechal Aug 30, 2006 1:13 PM EDT |
Untill standard shared hosting packages start coming with ssh2 access, ftp will continue to be needed. |
| jimf Aug 30, 2006 1:27 PM EDT |
Well, ssh2 would be nice, but ftp is far from usless or dead. Most of the apt repositories are accessed either by ftp or http. Frankly, I haven't seen a difference in speed and reliability. About the only people I see using ssh2 are people who run their own servers. I have gftp which will run a ssh2 session, but I only use it to access the DebCentral site. |
| jdixon Aug 30, 2006 6:18 PM EDT |
> I'm not so sure ftp is the devil.... Of course not. Ftp is a daemon. Don't they teach these kids anything anymore? :) |
| dek Aug 30, 2006 7:08 PM EDT |
> Ftp is a daemon. Don't they teach these kids anything anymore? :) Wrong!! ftpd is a daemon! ftp is the real devil! ;-) |
| jdixon Aug 30, 2006 7:23 PM EDT |
> Wrong!! ftpd is a daemon! True. I stand corrected. Well, actually sit corrected, but... |
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