FTP Client

FTP Client

The FTP client offers a simple, classical user interface to manage remote files with FTP:

Features

• ASCII/binary auto-transfer mode
• Passive connections
• Local file explorer: standard file management features:
  • Create directory
  • Delete file or directory
  • Refresh the view (in the event a file changed out of the application)
  • Rename file or directory
  • Upload
  • Open the select file or directory with a system/OS explorer or application
  • Select columns to show
  • Show/hide hidden files
• Remote file explorer:
  • Create directory
  • Delete file or directory
  • Refresh the view (in the event a file changed out of the application)
  • Rename file or directory
  • Download
  • Select columns to show
  • Set access rights
  • Show/hide hidden files
  • Drop local files (to upload them)
• Drag n' drop support between remote and local explorers
• Toggle view orientation (for instance in the case you have a wide screen and want to see the directory tree on the left hand-side of the screen)
• Path completion assistant
• FTP traces (you can open the view in the Window > Show View... menu)
• Lots of customization can be done in the preferences:
  • Enable or disable ASCII/binary auto-transfer
  • Manage file extensions to be associated with ASCII transfer
  • Enable or disable the path completion assistant
  • Manage trace colors

What this tool does not do

• In the local file explorer, show shortcuts to the user's desktop or "My Documents" folders
• Upload/download queue management (all files are sequentially uploaded or downloaded)
• SFTP or FTPS connections
• Session management
• Edition of remote files