Re: ftp software

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: ftp software
Date	2016-10-17 18:21 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID	<e6kj50FubbeU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	<2016101615500919888-xxx@yyyzzz> <e6iot0Fh5poU1@mid.individual.net> <201610171041486960-xxx@yyyzzz>

Show all headers | View raw

On 2016-10-17, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> On 2016-10-17 01:47:13 +0000, Jolly Roger said:
>
>> On 2016-10-16, gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
>>> Migrating from CyberDuck.
>>> 
>>> I see there is Interachy, Transmit, Yummy FTP, Fetch and others
>>> 
>>> I think the guys at Panic (Transmit) are responsive and a creative
>>> crew.  Interarchy seems to have changed hands and done no updates for
>>> many years.  That's all I know.
>> 
>> Fetch, is the best of all of them IMHO. I've used it since classic Mac
>> OS, and it's always been a great client.
>> 
>>> I have no exotic needs.  But I do have one folder on my HD that I would
>>> like when it changes to automatically sync to my server, rather than to
>>> do it manually each time.
>> 
>> Personally, I'd write a little script to use rsync to do that on a
>> periodic basis (scheduled with cron or launchd).
>
> You have more scripting chops that I.  That seems to imply the Fetch 
> doesn't do this kind of syncing; true?

No, Fetch does do synchronization:

<https://i.imgur.com/MERPgHu.png>

The reason I would use rsync is it can be done completely in the
background, with no user interface, on an automated (periodic) basis.
Fetch can be automated as well, but not without all of the overhead of
launching the Fetch application and so on.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

Back to comp.sys.mac.apps | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-16 15:50 -0700
  Re: ftp software Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-16 23:00 +0000
  Re: ftp software MalcolmO <user@domain.invalid> - 2016-10-16 19:35 -0400
    Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-16 16:43 -0700
      Re: ftp software Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-17 05:04 +0000
      Re: ftp software MalcolmO <user@domain.invalid> - 2016-10-17 16:34 -0400
        Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-17 17:03 -0700
          Re: ftp software Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-18 00:15 +0000
            Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-17 17:47 -0700
              Re: ftp software Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-18 00:54 +0000
                Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-17 19:03 -0700
                Re: ftp software Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-18 02:35 +0000
                Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-17 20:42 -0700
                Re: ftp software Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-18 16:59 +0000
                Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-18 13:04 -0700
                Re: ftp software MalcolmO <user@domain.invalid> - 2016-10-18 20:35 -0400
          Re: ftp software MalcolmO <user@domain.invalid> - 2016-10-18 20:30 -0400
            Re: ftp software Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-19 00:32 +0000
              Re: ftp software Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-10-18 18:04 -0700
                Re: ftp software Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-19 01:08 +0000
                Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-18 20:25 -0700
                Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-18 20:33 -0700
                Re: ftp software Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-19 15:33 +0000
                Re: ftp software Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-19 15:43 +0000
                Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-19 10:55 -0700
                Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-19 11:05 -0700
                Re: ftp software Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-10-19 11:20 -0700
                Re: ftp software Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-19 18:23 +0000
                Re: ftp software Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-19 18:15 +0000
                Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-19 12:53 -0700
                Re: ftp software Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-19 20:36 +0000
                Re: ftp software "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-19 00:28 -0500
                Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-18 23:13 -0700
                Re: ftp software Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-19 13:19 +0000
              Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-18 20:23 -0700
    Re: ftp software Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-17 05:02 +0000
      Re: ftp software MalcolmO <user@domain.invalid> - 2016-10-17 16:38 -0400
  Re: ftp software ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2016-10-17 03:06 +0200
    Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-17 10:42 -0700
  Re: ftp software Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-17 01:47 +0000
    Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-17 10:41 -0700
      Re: ftp software Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-17 18:21 +0000
        Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-17 13:15 -0700
        Re: ftp software Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> - 2016-10-21 15:47 -0400
          Re: ftp software Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-21 20:48 +0000
            Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-21 15:14 -0700
              Re: ftp software Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-22 01:36 +0000
                Re: ftp software gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-21 23:33 -0700
          Re: ftp software Michael Vilain <mev94303y@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-22 06:20 -0700

csiph-web