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Compile a cross-server UNIX FTP program
Authored by: fds on Apr 20, '04 12:03:39PM

A highly customizable command-line ftp client I can recommend is LFTP. Setting it up on Panther is a simple

./configure && make && sudo make

without any additional dependencies. It too supports direct site-to-site transfers (fxp), ftp over ssl, http downloads, and since 3.0 even sftp (ssh2).



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Compile a cross-server UNIX FTP program
Authored by: fds on Apr 20, '04 12:06:03PM
oops. make the last part of that a sudo make install of course.

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Compile a cross-server UNIX FTP program
Authored by: RawData on Apr 20, '04 03:33:47PM

Not with an ncurses interface and the handy features pftp has. :-)



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You could also try gftp
Authored by: ethomas on Apr 21, '04 04:56:05AM
gFTP is a free multithreaded ftp client for *NIX based machines running X11R6 or later. It has the following features:
  • Distributed under the terms of the GNU Public License Agreement
  • Written in C and has a text interface and a GTK+ 1.2/2.x interface
  • Supports the FTP, FTPS (control connection only), HTTP, HTTPS and SSH protocols
  • FTP and HTTP proxy server support
  • Supports FXP file transfers (transfering files between 2 remote servers via FTP)
  • Supports UNIX, EPLF, Novell, MacOS, VMS, MVS and NT (DOS) style directory listings
  • Bookmarks menu to allow you to quickly connect to remote sites
  • Fully Internationalized
Both gFTP and LFTP are available through Fink.

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