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From: hoepfner@heawk1.gsfc.nasa.gov (Patrick Hoepfner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: FTP for MacTCP?
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Date: 17 Jun 91 03:52:54 GMT
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philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) writes:

>In article <1991Jun12.021350.17021@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>, kgustilo@pennsy.med.jhu.edu writes:
>|> In article <1991Jun12.004143.13195@wolves.uucp> ggw@wolves.uucp (Gregory G.
>|> Woodbury) writes:
>|> >As a simple answer - NO, there is no ftp client that I am aware of for
>|> >the Mac.
>[... ]
>|> BYU's implementation of NCSA Telnet contains is the beast that you are 
>|> looking for. The current version is 2.3.4 derived from NCSA Telnet version 
>|> 2.3 and does not require MacTCP. I think SU's MacIP can also do this but 
>|> this is hearsay.  There is the commercial version from Novell, HostAcces 
>|> that also does this.

>Take a look at XferIt on ftp.apple.com (dts/mac/hacks/xferit-1-4b1.hqx).
 
Also, if you have a copy a VersaTerm version 4.5.1 (or VersaTerm-PRO version 
3.5.1) there is the *SLICKEST* FTP client tool out there!  It is a stand 
alone application (called "FTP Client Tool") and it works with a CommToolBox 
tool.  What it shows you looks like an open file dialog box.  You click on 
a pull down menu to select Text, Binary, or MacBinary and you double click 
on files or directories in the scrolling list presented to you.  If you have 
double clicked on a directory, you drop down into that directory and the new 
list of file and folders are displayed.  If you double click on a file, it 
is FTPed to you.  Click on the send button to send one or more files. 

The other really slick thing about this implementation is that the folder 
name is displayed on the top of the open file dialog box and clicking on it 
gives you a drop down menu of items like "move up one directory" "go home" 
and "change directory" which allows you to type in the directory of your 
choosing.  It is also smart enough to let you choose the directory delimeter 
(period for VMS and slash for unix) so that you don't know (or care) what 
kind of system you are on.  

If you have VersaTerm and have the FTP Client Tool, check it out, if you have 
VT and don't have the tool, the latest version is always $20 to upgrade and 
this tool is more than worth the money!  And if you have a later version but 
don't have the tool, they might even send it to you for free!  (As long as 
you are a registered user!) 

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