I've been meanings to write myself a php script that will open a remote
file, display it in a text box, and then ftp it back over when I'm done with
it.  Better yet, it'd edit a local copy of the file and just put the new
version onto the remote server - save me opening two ftp sessions per edit.
Haven't written it yet, but it shouldn't take too long to do so.

Daniel

> Hey all,
>
> When you're forced by circumstance to work with a web site which only has
> FTP access (no ssh or anything friendly) what do you typically work with?
> Right now I've got gftp open, I download a file, edit it locally with vim,
> save and upload again. Unfortunately, this seems terribly klugey. (it
> takes a long time switching back and forth, sometimes I forget to upload a
> file before I refresh the web browser, etc. etc.) There's got to be a
> better way.
>
> I've heard rumours that you can edit files remotely using vim, but
> :e ftp://someserver/path/to/file.php
>
> just sits there for a minute and then opens a blank file.
>
>
> So what do /you/ guys do when stuck in such a terrible position?
>
>   ~ ross
>
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