Re: Cocoa FTP Server

FROM : Sherm Pendley
DATE : Sun Dec 12 15:58:21 2004

On Dec 12, 2004, at 9:34 AM, Jonathon Mah wrote:

> The way I was planning to implement it was for the app to act as a
> kind of "bridge" between protocols. The program would use, for
> example, an SFTP client plugin and use it to connect to a remote
> server. It'd then run its own FTP server (accessible only from
> localhost), which the Finder could then mount. When the app receives
> various FTP commands (LIST, etc.), it'd talk to the plugin, re-format
> the output as necessary, and pass it back.


Meh. Sounds awkward and klunky.

I'd throw away the whole "local FTP server" hack, and look into
mounting the remote system directly with a VFS - Virtual File System -
plugin. Ask around on the Darwin lists.

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