Comments on: Creating FTP “Shortcuts” Using the Windows HOSTS File http://www.pcmech.com/article/creating-ftp-shortcuts-using-the-windows-hosts-file/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dinishttp://www.pcmech.com/article/creating-ftp-shortcuts-using-the-windows-hosts-file/comment-page-1/#comment-8449 Dinis Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:28:41 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/creating-ftp-shortcuts-using-the-windows-hosts-file/#comment-8449 how do I do this on cmd if i wanted to download files from a ftp server to a different server, by just double clicking on the cmd. thanks how do I do this on cmd if i wanted to download files from a ftp server to a different server, by just double clicking on the cmd. thanks

]]> By: curlebhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/creating-ftp-shortcuts-using-the-windows-hosts-file/comment-page-1/#comment-8122 curleb Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:51:02 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/creating-ftp-shortcuts-using-the-windows-hosts-file/#comment-8122 Hey, Rich...Just wanted to thank you for your tutorial here, as well as Jason Faulkner's one re running Ubuntu w/in WinXP. Sweet...!No comparison at all, but here's an even quicker shortcut for using FTP via URI in exchange (one that even guarantees a GUI window for those non-cmd users):ftp://[login]:*@subdmn.ftp_site.com/../../../my_dirStore this as a shortcut to a frequent FTP location and you have an Explorer-based FTP client ready to go.Everything up to the @-sign is universal and will enforce a login prompt via Explorer; in domain use it will default to your login id. The site info is whatever your shortcut would need to point to, while the "../../../my_dir" will vary according to your remote host's directory structure. The example here refers to a UNIX-side $HOME that is 3-levels below the targets parent directory. For example, a Solaris UNIX $HOME of /export/home/my_user would need to back-track to root before trying to get to the target.Again, not much compared to the guest Ubuntu tutorial, but this serves to deaden the pain from distributed users constantly confused by FTP clients. Hey, Rich…

Just wanted to thank you for your tutorial here, as well as Jason Faulkner’s one re running Ubuntu w/in WinXP. Sweet…!

No comparison at all, but here’s an even quicker shortcut for using FTP via URI in exchange (one that even guarantees a GUI window for those non-cmd users):

ftp://login:*@subdmn.ftp_site.com/../../../my_dir

Store this as a shortcut to a frequent FTP location and you have an Explorer-based FTP client ready to go.

Everything up to the @-sign is universal and will enforce a login prompt via Explorer; in domain use it will default to your login id. The site info is whatever your shortcut would need to point to, while the “../../../my_dir” will vary according to your remote host’s directory structure. The example here refers to a UNIX-side $HOME that is 3-levels below the targets parent directory. For example, a Solaris UNIX $HOME of /export/home/my_user would need to back-track to root before trying to get to the target.

Again, not much compared to the guest Ubuntu tutorial, but this serves to deaden the pain from distributed users constantly confused by FTP clients.

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