Good FTP client for Linux

Alex wrote Tuesday 02 March 2004 17:38:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm in search for a good FTP client for Linux that will reliably
> transfer an entire directory structure to the remote site. In Windows
> I live by Filezilla, but this is only for Windows. My server for
> whatever reason disconnects from time to time, and using either gftp
> or ncftpput/get I always get bumped off halfway through transfer. I
> need a good client that'll keep reconnecting and transfering when
> connection is lost.
>
> What prompted this question is last night on my Slackware box, I was
> trying to upload via FTP a gallery program, and with a total of 500+
> files and many sub-directories, it kept dropping off with gftp and
> ncftpput. I never could get it all uploaded. Today at work, I used
> Filezilla and in about 30 seconds I was done. I'm no Windows fan, and
> I only use Linux at home... but I need an FTP client that'll be rock
> solid on Linux - something similar to Filezilla.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
>
> Alex.

What about wine Filezilla.exe? If not, i prefer gftp/ncftp.
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Regards,
Henrik

Hi everyone,

I'm in search for a good FTP client for Linux that will reliably
transfer an entire directory structure to the remote site. In Windows
I live by Filezilla, but this is only for Windows. My server for
whatever reason disconnects from time to time, and using either gftp
or ncftpput/get I always get bumped off halfway through transfer. I
need a good client that'll keep reconnecting and transfering when
connection is lost.

What prompted this question is last night on my Slackware box, I was
trying to upload via FTP a gallery program, and with a total of 500+
files and many sub-directories, it kept dropping off with gftp and
ncftpput. I never could get it all uploaded. Today at work, I used
Filezilla and in about 30 seconds I was done. I'm no Windows fan, and
I only use Linux at home... but I need an FTP client that'll be rock
solid on Linux - something similar to Filezilla.

Thanks for any suggestions,

Alex.

On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 08:38:24 -0800, Alex wrote:

I
> need a good client that'll keep reconnecting and transfering when
> connection is lost.
>


Maybe FileRunner will do http://www.cd.chalmers.se/~hch/filerunner.html
according to the description, it appears it will meet your needs.

good luck

Alex <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hi everyone,

> I'm in search for a good FTP client for Linux that will reliably
> transfer an entire directory structure to the remote site. In Windows
> I live by Filezilla, but this is only for Windows. My server for
> whatever reason disconnects from time to time, and using either gftp
> or ncftpput/get I always get bumped off halfway through transfer. I
> need a good client that'll keep reconnecting and transfering when
> connection is lost.

Midnight Commander is far and away the best ftp client.

cordially, as always,

rm

Randy MacQuarrie wrote:
> Alex <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Hi everyone,
>
>
>>I'm in search for a good FTP client for Linux that will reliably
>>transfer an entire directory structure to the remote site. In Windows
>>I live by Filezilla, but this is only for Windows. My server for
>>whatever reason disconnects from time to time, and using either gftp
>>or ncftpput/get I always get bumped off halfway through transfer. I
>>need a good client that'll keep reconnecting and transfering when
>>connection is lost.
>
>
> Midnight Commander is far and away the best ftp client.
>
> cordially, as always,
>
> rm
lftp

/p@

gftp - its preinstalled

Alex wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm in search for a good FTP client for Linux that will reliably
> transfer an entire directory structure to the remote site. In Windows
> I live by Filezilla, but this is only for Windows. My server for
> whatever reason disconnects from time to time, and using either gftp
> or ncftpput/get I always get bumped off halfway through transfer. I
> need a good client that'll keep reconnecting and transfering when
> connection is lost.
>
> What prompted this question is last night on my Slackware box, I was
> trying to upload via FTP a gallery program, and with a total of 500+
> files and many sub-directories, it kept dropping off with gftp and
> ncftpput. I never could get it all uploaded. Today at work, I used
> Filezilla and in about 30 seconds I was done. I'm no Windows fan, and
> I only use Linux at home... but I need an FTP client that'll be rock
> solid on Linux - something similar to Filezilla.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
>
> Alex.

wget will recursively copy files using ftp.

gtoomey

what you want is ncftp
I use it daily for lots of file-transfers that have to run very reliable and
never had a problem...

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On 2004-03-02, Patrick Onegin <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Randy MacQuarrie wrote:
>> Alex <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> Midnight Commander is far and away the best ftp client.
>>
>> cordially, as always,
>>
>> rm
> lftp
>
to avoid the 'me too' syndrome

"preach on brother..." or something...

Alex

"Marco Mayer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> what you want is ncftp
> I use it daily for lots of file-transfers that have to run very reliable
and
> never had a problem...

If the other end supports ssh, forget ftp and use rsync over ssh:
rsync -essh -av localdir remotehost:/path_above_dir
Doing it again only copies new/changed files. You can
add the --delete option if you want to remove remote files
that have been deleted locally since the last run but be sure
you understand how it works.

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Les Mikesell
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