please recommend a freeware FTP program

C

code_wrong

Hi,
Ipswitch WSFTP is no longer freeware .. Please recommend an alternative
cheers
cw
 
S

Si Ballenger

Hi,
Ipswitch WSFTP is no longer freeware .. Please recommend an alternative
cheers
cw

If you use windows XP, try typing ftp -? at the command prompt
and you get the below. Free and included in XP pro (not sure
about other versions)

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

D:\WINDOWS\system32>ftp -?

Transfers files to and from a computer running an FTP server
service
(sometimes called a daemon). Ftp can be used interactively.

FTP [-v] [-d] [-i] [-n] [-g] [-s:filename] [-a] [-w:windowsize]
[-A] [host]

-v Suppresses display of remote server responses.
-n Suppresses auto-login upon initial connection.
-i Turns off interactive prompting during multiple
file
transfers.
-d Enables debugging.
-g Disables filename globbing (see GLOB command).
-s:filename Specifies a text file containing FTP commands;
the
commands will automatically run after FTP
starts.
-a Use any local interface when binding data
connection.
-A login as anonymous.
-w:buffersize Overrides the default transfer buffer size of
4096.
host Specifies the host name or IP address of the
remote
host to connect to.

Notes:
- mget and mput commands take y/n/q for yes/no/quit.
- Use Control-C to abort commands.

D:\WINDOWS\system32>
 
T

Toby Inkster

Si said:
If you use windows XP, try typing ftp -? at the command prompt
and you get the below. Free and included in XP pro (not sure
about other versions)

Command-line ftp is available in Windows since Windows 95. It is based on
the BSD FTP client, clones of which can be found pre-installed with pretty
much any Linux/UNIX installation too. So learn one and you'll be
comfortable with them all!

My favourite FTP client though is NcFTP.
 
T

Toby Inkster

code_wrong said:
Ipswitch WSFTP is no longer freeware .. Please recommend an alternative

I don't think WS_FTP ever was free. WS_FTP LE was, and still is -- it's
just very hard to find.

Try: ftp://ftp.ipswitch.com/Ipswitch/Product_Downloads/WS_FTPLE.exe
 
N

Neredbojias

With neither quill nor qualm, Edwin van der Vaart quothed:

To cw:

I don't know why more people don't just use IE's ftp thingy. There's no
binary/ascii file differentiation to worry about and if you can keep
your paths straight (-which is easy and any web page maker should be
able to do), there's nothing simpler, cheaper, or more straightforward.
 

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