Re: ncftp versus ncftp2 -- Debian packages for woody
From:
Alex Malinovic
ncftp2 is the old ncftp client which many people really liked to use
in scripts (a la wget). ncftp (3.x+) is a rewrite which focuses on
using ncftp as a client application, not an automated scripting tool.
If you prefer a CLI ftp client to a GUI like I do, ncftp (3.x+) is
about the best program out there. It does local and remote directory
completion, it has a great bookmark system, tons of options, and is
very well laid out. And best of all, while it uses ncurses it manages
to do so without those garish red on blue menus. Everything is in
black and white but just laid out in an easy to read graphical layout.
If, on the other hand, you need a cron job to do lots of ftp transfers
and wget can't handle it for some reason, ncftp2 might be what you
need. That's just my opinion though. I wouldn't be a bit surprised to
find quite a few die hard ncftp2 users who actually use it as their
client day to day.
Ok, I got both packages. The man pages are identical. I used ncftp to
download some files off my shell account on my ISP just to free up some
space. It does give a nice running download summary similar to apt-get
update & apt-get upgrade. Just the plain old ftp by itself just sits
there and looks at you silently while doing its business. I have yet to
see the difference. I guess I'll explore further. I may have missed
the obvious difference(s) or just haven't used it enough yet.
Thanks for the information!
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(Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless
Linux Gcomm 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i686 unknown
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