I use the command line sftp quite frequently, especially on the linux boxes at work, but it is so archaic. there is nothing like being able to select a bunch of folders all at once and drag them to the other server. Done. The commandline ftp does't have filename auto complete and when most of my names are long, full of dates and funny characters, typing them in is a pain.
... The commandline ftp does't have filename auto complete and when most of my names are long, full of dates and funny characters, typing them in is a pain.
Not sure about SFTP but for FTP filename completion, as well as bookmarking and background transfers look at NcFTP. Great program.
i have also been using fugu since it first came out...i think mostly i use it becasue i like the name and the icon better than transmit...right...its not much of a reason but they both basically do the same thing and thats that.
Going to throw my hat in the ring for Panic's Transmit, too. On 9 I used to be a HUGE Vicomsoft FTP Client fan, but since they took their damn sweet time in getting an X version out, I turned to Transmit and never looked back.
Wow. I just downloaded Fetch for a try and I remember now why I switched to Transmit so long ago back when it was at version 1.7. Fetch reeks all over of Bad Carbon Port Syndrome. It looks awful and acts badly on Mac OS X. The interface is terribly confusing. When I clicked one of these unexplained disclosure triangles at the bottom of the window, the window jumped around twice and resized itself. What? I could go into all the idiosyncrasies of this app and its interface, but frankly I don't think it's worth my time.
It's ugly. Very ugly. So ugly that I quit testing it after five minutes.
I agree with you -- people don't realize that ftp sends your user name and password as cleartext -- using something like Fugu (which is a frontend to the encrypted sftp protocol) is much safer.
Having moved from Fetch to Transmit to Interarchy in OS 9, Then becoming an Interarchy refugee in OS X, I tested all the major cocoa FTP clients. I chose osXigen. I still watch the development of the other cocoa FTP clients, especially Transmit, since it's so well liked, but whenever I check it out, I still prefer osXigen's interface + features, especially having the bookmarks listed in a drawer (not as a pull down) and they are unique in that you can drag files into them and it will upload, skipping the step of displaying the file list first. It has some quirks and I do like some things about Transmit better.
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Originally posted by Code Master
... The commandline ftp does't have filename auto complete and when most of my names are long, full of dates and funny characters, typing them in is a pain.
Not sure about SFTP but for FTP filename completion, as well as bookmarking and background transfers look at NcFTP. Great program.
NcFTP Web Site
NcFTP Client for Mac OS X
(hey, no reason to try anything else)
Simple yet functional.
It's ugly. Very ugly. So ugly that I quit testing it after five minutes.
Fetch gets two thumbs down from me. Way down.
Go Transmit!
Originally posted by dnelson
In the past I have been a big fan of Fetch. But lately I've been starting to use Fugu more and more instead. http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/
I agree with you -- people don't realize that ftp sends your user name and password as cleartext -- using something like Fugu (which is a frontend to the encrypted sftp protocol) is much safer.
I paid for it.
But I no longer have a server to upload to. I just copy my files to my web site partition and it's up instantly. Apache rocks.