Mounting an FTP space ?

[Kevin Kinsey]

Never you mind wrote:
> On my Mac from the Finder I can select "Connect to server", give it the 
> details of an ftp location and it will connect and display the ftp space 
> as a drive on the desktop.
> 
> Can I obtain the same sort of functionality using freeBSD and xfce 
> desktop manager?
> 

The built in "file manager" Thunar doesn't seem to have this 
functionality (though I stand ready to be corrected if I'm wrong, I 
tested casually and scanned the manpage), but there are 125 programs in 
/usr/ports/ftp, and one of them should work.

And, just to show that I'm not being overtly cynical here, here's a 
short list of those programs that seem to be graphical and client-side 
in nature; perhaps one of them will suit you, or others could comment on 
their use.  Terminals and ftp(1) for me ;-)

Note that a] I've probably missed some; b] Those that start with "K" are 
probably for KDE and might not be something you want to get into (lots 
of dependencies you may not want) c] possibly ditto with gftp<-->Gnome, 
and some others may be rather "heavy"....

iglooftp
wxftp
filezilla
ftpcube
gFTP
JFTP
Kasablanca
Kbear
KFTPGRabber
llnlxdir
multiget
waiho
wmget
wxdfast
Xrmftp

Kevin Kinsey

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