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FTP on Tiger
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I had the same problem, until I tried to trial for Transmit. It's a slick piece of app.epochblue said:
I only wish they had a *Windows* version.
yellow said:
Of course it's low overhead, most CLI programs are; and while they may not necessarily be short on features, they can be relatively high on complication. There's certainly more to remember with CLI FTP as far as commands go (yes, I realize it's mostly just get/put/lcd/cd, but I still have to actively think about what I'm doing). With a GUI, I can tell at a glance where I am in my directory trees, what files are there, what their size/mod date/perms are, and the current state of my connection. Also, when you take into account bookmarks, and usernames and passwords, there's much less to remember with a GUI.
If my FTP use were so few and far between that I only had 1 or 2 servers to worry about every couple of weeks or so, I'd probably just use the command line, but I have to worry about 5 or 6 different servers every day or two (most of them with different passwords and login, and some FTP others SFTP).
With all that, having everything encapsulated in a read-at-a-glance GUI is nice (and truthfully probably worth the $25 Transmit costs, but I don't make much money and I can more than likely spend that $25 on better things).
Anyway - that's a much longer reponse than necessary, but it's all typed up now and I need to submit it so I don't feel like I just *totally* just wasted those last 10 minutes at work....
I agree that it's read only. It shouldn't but it is.
I got hopeful that Apple fixed it in 10.4.10 but it still doesn't work. However somebody in the Apple web site department thinks it does.
Check out the Apple Pro Tip of the Week today...
http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/ftp_files.html
FTP Files Without a Third-Party Program
"Need to email somebody a file thats larger than his 5MB email limit? Use FTP, because you can upload huge files with no restriction. You probably already knew that, but did you know that you dont have to buy a third-party FTP client to FTP your files? Thats right baby, you can do it right from within Tiger. Heres how: Go to the Finders Go menu, and choose Connect to Server. When the dialog appears, just type the FTP address where you want the file to go and click Connect. You may either get directly connected, or depending on whose server youre connecting to, it may ask you for your Name and Password (that keeps people from just jumping on anyones server and uploading files at random).
Once youre in, youll see a folder now you can just drag-and-drop the file you want to transfer into that folder and the transfer will begin."