Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 07:31:59 +1100 From: Never you mind <scrpt@catholic.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting an FTP space ? Message-ID: <b9f4405d320db868585c836a12c26e9f@catholic.org> In-Reply-To: <200703011058.28791.lists@jnielsen.net> References: <0fa18d202fd5dfa13608dc9e2c627941@catholic.org> <200703011058.28791.lists@jnielsen.net>
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On 02/03/2007, at 2:58 AM, John Nielsen wrote: > On Thursday 01 March 2007 01:37, 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? > > I haven't used it, but the sysutils/fusefs-curlftpfs should allow you > to mount > an ftp location as a virtual filesystem. The desktop icon thing you'll > have > to work out on your own, but it shouldn't be too difficult (a shortcut > to > your chosen mountpoint should suffice). thanks John, That sounds like what I want. I have previously used KDE as the desktop manager and it included graphical tools which managed this job. However, I'm learning to like xfce and looking at what I can do to make it work for me. malcolm
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