[CentOS] Two ftp clients? Why?

On 8/2/11 10:32 PM, Always Learning wrote:
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> On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 16:41 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
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>> But back to the original problem, why would anyone use ftp in this
>> century when rsync or http(s) are so much easier to manage?
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> having grown-up on computers before M$ existed, I still find FTP very
> easy, quick and efficient.

Neither rsync nor http have anything to do with M$, they are just well designed 
protocols.  Rysnc is specialized for copying files and directory trees, is 
normally used over ssh, and doesn't need any extra server-side setup other than 
ssh keys if you want it to work without passwords.  Http is very general and the 
setup can be as simple or complicated as you want - and it is well understood by 
firewalls and proxies.

> Must have a play with rsync though.

If ssh works between systems, it will 'just work'.

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   Les Mikesell
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