Here's another "project" that should be easy with Java, yet very
much needed (at least by me, unless someone knows of a good
alternative to Ncftp):
>> I can't let this go unanswered... :)
>>
>> >Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 10:02:19 -0700
>> >From: Danny Trieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>> >Me too, I would like to contribute to the Linux community, and how can I help?
>> >
>> >Mike Christiansen wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have wanted to contribute to Linux for a while now. I would most like
>> >> to help make my favorite programming language successful on my favorite
>> >> OS. What can I do?
>> >>
>> >> Mike
I've always wanted a GUI driven FTP program just like CuteFTP for windows98.
I have my hard drive partitioned for windows98 + Linux. When I need
to download my experimental data from our Sparc II (SunOs) computer,
it typically consists of about 7000 files totalling 200MB of data. I
ALWAYS reboot to windows98 to transfer this because Ncftp (or regular
Linux ftp) will give an "Arguments too long" error when I transfer with the
command mget <prefix>*.*. (It must be expanding the wildcard and
can't handle the load of 7000 arguments...). Another piss-off from
Ncftp is it will sometimes hang during mid-transfer with a
"
Error: Remote host has closed the connection.
(Interrupt the program again to kill program.)
"
With CuteFTP, you can select which files you want (I've even selected
over 10,000 files at once before), start the transfer and go for lunch
(or whatever), when you return, its done without any complaints or
excuses. I've NEVER had it fail. This is what I want from the Linux end.
So, I think the Linux community needs a better, GUI driven FTP
program in the style of CuteFTP. Java is well suited to develop this.
-Larry Gates
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