> I've just started a thread about a show-stopper problem with my
> longtime FTP program, WS-FTP Pro.
>
> But thinking ahead, if that can't be fixed, can someone recommend a
> free FTP program? Sure, there's Tucows and the other download sites,
> but they have so many FTP programs that I'd like to avoid downloading
> and trying a dozen or so.
>
> One feature that's important to me is synchronizing a remote site to
> my computer. I maintain multiple Web sites, and for each one I have
> the full directory and file structure on my computer. It was really
> nice in WS-FTP to connect, highlight a couple of directories in the
> "local" panel, and have it automatically bring the remote site up to
> date (including subdirectories of the highlighted direcories).
>
> Thanks...

> Stan Brown wrote:

>> [C]an someone recommend a free FTP program? Sure, there's Tucows
>> and the other download sites, but they have so many FTP programs
>> that I'd like to avoid downloading and trying a dozen or so.
>>
>> One feature that's important to me is synchronizing a remote site
>> to my computer.

>
> I changed to Filezilla. It has similar directory tree appearance that
> WS_FTP did, and an address book, starting folder choices per site etc.
> Its not as user friendly on initially looking at it, but once you get
> the hand, it works fine.

> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:10:06 -0400 from Big_Al md.com>:

>> Stan Brown wrote:

>>> [C]an someone recommend a free FTP program? Sure, there's Tucows
>>> and the other download sites, but they have so many FTP programs
>>> that I'd like to avoid downloading and trying a dozen or so.
>>>
>>> One feature that's important to me is synchronizing a remote site
>>> to my computer.

>> I changed to Filezilla. It has similar directory tree appearance that
>> WS_FTP did, and an address book, starting folder choices per site etc.
>> Its not as user friendly on initially looking at it, but once you get
>> the hand, it works fine.

>
> Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> I use Filezilla at work, as a matter of fact, because we don't have a
> license for WS-FTP Pro. I'm really not fond of the user interface,
> but maybe it's possible to customize it more than I realized. I'll
> have a look, and I'll also check whether that important sync feature ...

> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:10:06 -0400 from Big_Al md.com>:

>> Stan Brown wrote:

>>> [C]an someone recommend a free FTP program? Sure, there's Tucows
>>> and the other download sites, but they have...

> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:00:48 -0400, Stan Brown
> wrote:
>

>> Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:10:06 -0400 from Big_Al md.com>:

>>> Stan Brown wrote:

>>>> [C]an someone recommend a free FTP program? Sure, there's Tucows
>>>> and the other download sites, but they have so many FTP programs
>>>> that I'd like to avoid downloading and trying a dozen or so.
>>>>
>>>> One feature that's important to me is synchronizing a remote site
>>>> to my computer.

>>>
>>> I changed to Filezilla. It has similar directory tree appearance
>>> that WS_FTP did, and an address book, starting folder choices per
>>> site etc. Its not as user friendly on initially looking at it, but
>>> once you get the hand, it works fine.

>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion.
>>
>> I use Filezilla at work, as a matter of fact, because we don't have a ...

>I've just started a thread about a show-stopper problem with my
>longtime FTP program, WS-FTP Pro.
>
>But thinking ahead, if that can't be fixed, can someone recommend a
>free FTP program? Sure, there's Tucows and the other download sites,
>but they have so many FTP programs that I'd like to avoid downloading
>and trying a dozen or so.
>
>One feature that's important to me is synchronizing a remote site to
>my computer. I maintain multiple Web sites, and for each one I have
>the full directory and file structure on my computer. It was really
>nice in WS-FTP to connect, highlight a couple of directories in the
>"local" panel, and have it automatically bring the remote site up to
>date (including subdirectories of the highlighted direcories).
>
>Thanks in advance!

> Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> I use Filezilla at work, as a matter of fact, because we don't have a
> license for WS-FTP Pro. I'm really not fond of the user interface,
> but maybe it's possible to customize it more than I realized. I'll
> have a look, and I'll also check whether that important sync feature
> is included.

> For now I'm still using WS-FTP Pro at home, since setting passive
> transfers worked, but I think Filezilla would be a viable
> alternative.

> On 13 Jul 2008, Stan Brown wrote in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize:
>

>> For now I'm still using WS-FTP Pro at home, since setting passive
>> transfers worked, but I think Filezilla would be a viable
>> alternative.

>
> A few days ago I found one advantage of Filezilla over the older
> version of WS_FTP Pro that I also use: WS_FTP seems to not display at
> least some long file names correctly. I uploaded a file that was maybe
> 15-20 characters long, and included some spaces. After uploading the
> file, it appeared in the list as two files, the name being broken at
> one of the spaces. I tried to delete it, intending to upload it again,
> but it wouldn't let me. It was only after I fired up Filezilla that I
> could see that the file was intact, and WS_FTP was just displaying it
> wrong. Maybe the problem was fixed in a later version of WS_FTP.
>
> I don't like Filezilla's interface, either, but it seems to work well
> and I appreciate that it's free, stable, and still in active
> development. ...