Re: ncftp versus ncftp2 -- Debian packages for woody
From: Alex Malinovic ncftp2 is the old ncftp client which many people really liked to use in scripts (a la wget). ncftp (3.x+) is a rewrite which focuses on using ncftp as a client application, not an automated scripting tool. If you prefer a CLI ftp client to a GUI like I do, ncftp (3.x+) is about the best program out there. It does local and remote directory completion, it has a great bookmark system, tons of options, and is very well laid out. And best of all, while it uses ncurses it manages to do so without those garish red on blue menus. Everything is in black and white but just laid out in an easy to read graphical layout. If, on the other hand, you need a cron job to do lots of ftp transfers and wget can't handle it for some reason, ncftp2 might be what you need. That's just my opinion though. I wouldn't be a bit surprised to find quite a few die hard ncftp2 users who actually use it as their client day to day. Ok, I got both packages. The man pages are identical. I used ncftp to download some files off my shell account on my ISP just to free up some space. It does give a nice running download summary similar to apt-get update apt-get upgrade. Just the plain old ftp by itself just sits there and looks at you silently while doing its business. I have yet to see the difference. I guess I'll explore further. I may have missed the obvious difference(s) or just haven't used it enough yet. Thanks for the information! -- (Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless Linux Gcomm 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i686 unknown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ncftp versus ncftp2 -- Debian packages for woody
On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 19:17 -0600, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote: I note that ncftp is perhaps ten times bigger than ncftp2 and is a rewrite of it with ncurses being in it. And ncftp2 has no SOCKS in it. (It's barefoot?) What is the difference between the two? Or rather, what does it mean? It appears that ncftp is more of a GUI application since ncurses seems to be necessary for terminal graphics. IIRC I've been shopping the packages list for woody on www.Debian.org. Thank y'all for the background information in advance! ncftp2 is the old ncftp client which many people really liked to use in scripts (a la wget). ncftp (3.x+) is a rewrite which focuses on using ncftp as a client application, not an automated scripting tool. If you prefer a CLI ftp client to a GUI like I do, ncftp (3.x+) is about the best program out there. It does local and remote directory completion, it has a great bookmark system, tons of options, and is very well laid out. And best of all, while it uses ncurses it manages to do so without those garish red on blue menus. Everything is in black and white but just laid out in an easy to read graphical layout. If, on the other hand, you need a cron job to do lots of ftp transfers and wget can't handle it for some reason, ncftp2 might be what you need. That's just my opinion though. I wouldn't be a bit surprised to find quite a few die hard ncftp2 users who actually use it as their client day to day. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
