FTP software

[Pawlowsky Bill]

> Peter Murray wrote, about BBEdit:
> 
> > It is somewhat
> > expensive -- $119 or $79/educational -- but well worth it in my opinion.
> 
> It is indeed a brilliant piece of software, the best editor I've ever
> used.  You can get the $79 price by "upgrading" from their free software
> BBEdit Lite <http://web.barebones.com/products/bbedit/upgrade.html>, so
> no-one should have to pay the full $119.
> -- 
>  Jamie McCarthy                 jamie at mccarthy.org
> 
I had earlier inadvertently posted back to the sender about another piece of software that is worth taking a look at. It replaces the need to ftp or telnet to your website. The programme, only available for Win95, allows you to map your home directory on your server as a drive on your PC. I have used it over a dial up connection and it works fine, excellent throughput, and it is a simple drag and drop. 

The software from Zannet http://www.zannet.com requires two pieces in order to work. A client that installs on your PC, and a binary that installs in your home directory on your server. A variety of server binaries are available. 

I hope that these two cents save people some time in maintaining their websites.

Bill Pawlowsky
 

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Bill Pawlowsky                         Phone: 514-677-9411 x 5027
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