Date: Fri, 27 Jan 95 17:16:31 -0800 From: Bakul Shah <bakul@netcom.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> Cc: hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Am I dreaming? Message-ID: <199501280116.RAA13132@netcom2.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 27 Jan 95 10:00:56 PST." <199501271800.KAA23617@freefall.cdrom.com>
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Wouldn't `Alex' do what you want? Here is a brief blurb from an old net message by Jurgen Botz about alex: ...by far the most elegant solution is to eliminate the FTP client entirely and make the global FTP space part of your file system. Then you can write ordinary shell scripts to automate "FTP" operations. There is a program called "Alex" (from "Alexandria", as in: The Library of...) that implements this solution as an NFS <-> FTP protocol "gateway", complete with some sophisticated caching. You can get, build, and install it on a Unix machine that supports NFS Then there is `prospero' by B. Clifford Neuman which does something similar + uses archie. I have not heard much lately about either system and I do not know how well they work in practice. Try archie to find out more recent info!
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