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amdarch64

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Registered: 2008-06-02

Posts: 67

trying to find an ftp client that does not suck

based upon my experience using an extremely obsolete ftp client on beos, and then trying the new ones with linux, they don't even offer basic features. the ftp client must:
auto-completion of directories
auto-login with .netrc
compatible with macdef macros in .netrc
and, it would be nice for it to have FXP capabilities, and directory downloads, and real-time download/upload speed progress display.

since you just can't put these types of questions into a search engine, i'm reaching out to the expert community. thank you. yes and im talking about a terminal-based client not gui

Last edited by amdarch64 (2008-06-04 12:57:59)

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bangkok_manouel

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Registered: 2005-02-07

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Re: trying to find an ftp client that does not suck

check if you can find happiness here:
http://lftp.yar.ru/features.html

finferflu

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Registered: 2007-06-21

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Re: trying to find an ftp client that does not suck

I'm not so sure about all the features you're looking for, but ncftp has at least 1 and 2, perhaps even 4.

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lang2

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Registered: 2006-02-10

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Re: trying to find an ftp client that does not suck

As the wise man said: all ftp client sucks, lftp just sucks less. Not sure if it fit all your needs though because I don't know whe .netrc does.

Daenyth

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From: Boston, MA

Registered: 2008-02-24

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Re: trying to find an ftp client that does not suck

I personally like yafc, but I don't know if it will do what you need.

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amdarch64

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Registered: 2008-06-02

Posts: 67

Re: trying to find an ftp client that does not suck

I've used lftp and ncftp, although both have unique features they cannot read a simple macdef script, which is what i need. i also looked at yafc, looks interesting but does not look like it works with macdef, and only autologin.

Yafc also looks for ~/.netrc, and reads autologin information from that file.

i'm still taking suggestions ! still looking for a client that can work with macdef besides the plain gnu ftp that sucks. help !

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robmaloy

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-05-14

Posts: 263

Re: trying to find an ftp client that does not suck

unless you have like some dozens of macdef scripts, rewrite them as lftp scripts

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