Re: Need ftp client
On 16 Apr 2007, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
>
> Sometimes it is not just for fun. If you are tranferring just 2 or 3 files,
> the possibility of doing "mistakes" with GUI is a lot less than using cli.
>
> Besides if you are like me and have 20-30 character long file names, which
> take atleast 8 tab strokes to complete the filename even while employing
> wildcards, GUI is definitely the way to go (all that involved is just a
> left mouse click).
>
> I do use command line whenever I think it gets the job done efficiently.
> However I am not averse to using GUI if it gets the job done efficiently.
> Efficiency is what matters, not how you get the job done. YMMV.
>
> hth
> raju
>
You can persuade midnight commander to do this kind of thing. It works
quite well although it took me a bit of time to figure out how to do it.
Anthony
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