Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:43:40 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Never you mind <scrpt@catholic.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting an FTP space ? Message-ID: <45E702BC.30407@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <0fa18d202fd5dfa13608dc9e2c627941@catholic.org> References: <0fa18d202fd5dfa13608dc9e2c627941@catholic.org>
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Never you mind wrote: > On my Mac from the Finder I can select "Connect to server", give it the > details of an ftp location and it will connect and display the ftp space > as a drive on the desktop. > > Can I obtain the same sort of functionality using freeBSD and xfce > desktop manager? > The built in "file manager" Thunar doesn't seem to have this functionality (though I stand ready to be corrected if I'm wrong, I tested casually and scanned the manpage), but there are 125 programs in /usr/ports/ftp, and one of them should work. And, just to show that I'm not being overtly cynical here, here's a short list of those programs that seem to be graphical and client-side in nature; perhaps one of them will suit you, or others could comment on their use. Terminals and ftp(1) for me ;-) Note that a] I've probably missed some; b] Those that start with "K" are probably for KDE and might not be something you want to get into (lots of dependencies you may not want) c] possibly ditto with gftp<-->Gnome, and some others may be rather "heavy".... iglooftp wxftp filezilla ftpcube gFTP JFTP Kasablanca Kbear KFTPGRabber llnlxdir multiget waiho wmget wxdfast Xrmftp Kevin Kinsey -- Early to bed and early to rise and you'll be groggy when everyone else is wide awake.
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