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FTP Browser is a powerful and intuitive FTP solution for OS/2 and eComStationthat features drag and drop, server to server and directory tree transfers accross a variety of hosts. Resume is supported both in download and upload.
{{Software
 
|Picture=ftpbrowser.png
[[image:ftpbrowser.png]]
|Version=1.7.1 (Jul 1997)
|Author=[[Jason Rushton]]
|License=Shareware
|Download={{FileLink|FTPBrowser}}
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'''FTP Browser''' is a powerful and intuitive FTP solution for OS/2 that features drag and drop, server to server and directory tree transfers across a variety of hosts. Resume is supported both in download and upload.


==Features==
==Features==
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* Multiple and simultaneous transfers to the same site
* Multiple and simultaneous transfers to the same site
* Graphical file transfer display
* Graphical file transfer display
* Host redialing for busy sites
* Host redialling for busy sites
* Seamless reconnects for lost connections
* Seamless reconnects for lost connections
* Automatically resume interrupted transfers, resume partially transferred files
* Automatically resume interrupted transfers, resume partially transferred files
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* Hooks for command file execution after file transfers
* Hooks for command file execution after file transfers
* Download information optionally written to file EAs
* Download information optionally written to file EAs
* Drag and drop color and font configurability
* Drag and drop colour and font configurability
 
==Download==
* [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/internet/ftp/client/ftpbr171.zip Hobbes, main program] (ver. 1.7.1, 1997)
* [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/internet/ftp/client/ftpbrows_patches_1.zip Hobbes, Y2k patches]
* [http://www.bluenexus.net/Reviews/FTPBrowser/FTP_Browser_1.71_eCS.zip Alternative download], includes registration code and Y2K patches
 
==License==
FTP Browser is abandonware. Registration code is included in the zip file.


==Documentation==
==Installation==
[http://www.bluenexus.net/Reviews/FTPBrowser/FTPBrowser-review-04-20-11.html Program review at Nexus site], including instructions to apply the Y2K patches.
Unzip and run install.exe. To apply Y2K patches:
<pre>
lxlite -X+ -B- ftpbrows.exe
patch ftpbrowspatch.pat /a
lxlite -X- -B- ftpbrows.exe
lxlite -X+ -B- ftpbtran.exe
patch /a ftpbtranpatch.pat
lxlite -X- -B- ftpbtran.exe
</pre>
If after installation you have problems saving new sites, delete FTPBADDR.INI.


==Author==
==Links==
* [[Jason Rushton]]
*Y2K patches: {{FileLink|FTPBrowser_Y2K_Patch}}


[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Shareware]][[Category:FTP clients]]
[[Category:Internet-FTP clients]]

Latest revision as of 23:55, 29 November 2024

FTP Browser
Version 1.7.1 (Jul 1997)
Vendor
Author Jason Rushton
License Shareware
Download FTPBrowser
Website

FTP Browser is a powerful and intuitive FTP solution for OS/2 that features drag and drop, server to server and directory tree transfers across a variety of hosts. Resume is supported both in download and upload.

Features

  • FTP site manager that stores sites in folders
  • References to site objects on the Desktop
  • Drag and drop enabled for transfers, queueing, site manipulation and more
  • Ping feature to test site responsiveness before connecting
  • Unlimited number of simultaneous connections to the same site
  • Multiple and simultaneous transfers to the same site
  • Graphical file transfer display
  • Host redialling for busy sites
  • Seamless reconnects for lost connections
  • Automatically resume interrupted transfers, resume partially transferred files
  • Transfer queue for storing items to transfer
  • Recursive directory tree transfers and deletes
  • Server to server tree and file transfers
  • Configurable file associations for viewing downloaded files
  • Communications log with save to file option
  • Hooks for command file execution after file transfers
  • Download information optionally written to file EAs
  • Drag and drop colour and font configurability

Installation

Unzip and run install.exe. To apply Y2K patches:

lxlite -X+ -B- ftpbrows.exe
patch ftpbrowspatch.pat /a
lxlite -X- -B- ftpbrows.exe
lxlite -X+ -B- ftpbtran.exe
patch /a ftpbtranpatch.pat
lxlite -X- -B- ftpbtran.exe

If after installation you have problems saving new sites, delete FTPBADDR.INI.

Links