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From: Jeffrey Goldberg on 20 Mar 2010 14:35 On 2010-03-20 11:13 AM, Lewis wrote: > In message <80k7cnFbn0U1(a)mid.individual.net> Jeffrey > <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote: >> I use rsync over ssh for updating websites (so, only those files that >> need updating get transferred). When I have to use FTP for such a thing >> I use lftp because it can read scripts and can do a rough simulation of >> rsync. > Well, I do that too if I have ssh access to the server, but that is not > always the case. Exactly. When ssh isn't available I use lftp which is very nicely scriptable and will try to simulate some rsync features over FTP. -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg http://goldmark.org/jeff/ I rarely read HTML or poorly quoting posts Reply-To address is valid
From: dorayme on 20 Mar 2010 15:23 In article <4ba4de45$0$9288$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, Warren Oates <warren.oates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > In article <jwolf6589-94AB64.08472520032010(a)nntp.charter.net>, > John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: > > > I dont use command line apps. > > Is that one of those born-again Christian things? Command line apps > aren't mentioned in the Bible? Perhaps it would be considered to be too much like having more than one god. -- dorayme
From: Wes Groleau on 20 Mar 2010 15:47 Lewis wrote: > <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: >> Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > >>> It's probably simply that not many people actually *use* the Finder's >>> built-in FTP client. > >> not even apple, or they'd fix it so that it both reads *and* writes. > > The decision to make the ftp in the finder read-only was intentional. > There is nothing to 'fix' as it is not broken. At one time, Apple did have a read/write FTP GUI. Sort of. It was called Network Browser and it actually did go both ways. But it crashed an awful lot, and it was not "seamlessly" integrated with Finder. -- Wes Groleau Oral language in the classroom—what is it good for? http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/barrett?itemid=1351
From: JF Mezei on 20 Mar 2010 16:40 Lewis wrote: > The decision to make the ftp in the finder read-only was intentional. > There is nothing to 'fix' as it is not broken. And why, pray tell, would Apple intentionally make the finder's FTP capability read-only (aka: useless) ? FTP does have an issue with text vs binary transfers, so I guess it is harder to implement a seamless FTP functionality that knows when to do text vs binary transfers. But then again, a read-only client still needs to deal with this.
From: Wes Groleau on 20 Mar 2010 16:47
AES wrote: > FWIW, Stanford University (which is generally pretty good at providing > utilities and helpful advice to the non-expert "ordinary users" among > its clientele) recommends and provides Fetch (and related documentation) > for those users. WIIW? (What is it worth?) Premise: Stanford usually provides helpful advice. Premise: Stanford recommends Fetch Conclusion: Fetch is a Good Thing. Or you may be suggesting Premise: Stanford recommends Fetch Premise: Fetch sucks Conclusion: Even Stanford can't _always_ be right. OK, I acknowledge you probably meant Premise: Stanford usually provides helpful advice. Premise: Stanford recommends Fetch Conclusion: There's an excellent chance that Fetch is a Good Thing. But I just had to jerk your chain. -- Wes Groleau Life-Changes (maybe even in blogging) http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/russell?itemid=1541 |