From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   On 1/21/2026 11:11 AM, Edward Rawde wrote:   
      
   > I'm not sure what you're trying to do but I use PuTTY for command line   
   > and https://winscp.net/eng/index.php for file access over various protocols.   
      
   The maligned Xmanager suite includes an X server (used to access   
   my *BSD and Solaris boxen), graphical FTP client (so I can copy from   
   one file/FTP/NFS/SMB server to another file/FTP/NFS/SMB server),   
   telnet/ssh client (though MDI) and lpd service (usually only needed   
   for oddball devices as I try to set up native interfaces on   
   the UN*X boxen).   
      
   IO tend to move LARGE groups of files -- large in number and in size.   
   E.g., I've moved 12T in the past several days.   
      
   Doing so, a server often closes the control connection while moving   
   data so the client has to reopen the connection and REASSERT THE   
   SAME OPTIONS that were previously in effect.  Otherwise, it's   
   APPEARANCE of continuing is illusory -- subsequent transfers   
   aren't done under the same conditions as earlier ones.   
      
   Or, the UI will become unresponsive (perhaps a single-threaded   
   implementation with upcalls to the GUI and when running balls   
   out, not enough time to service the interface AND the GUI?   
      
   Or, it will act like it is still moving data and I can visibly see   
   the server(s) are idle.   
      
   I.e., it's a shitty piece of code.   
      
   Given that the TELNET/SSH client is also less desireable than   
   e.g., PuTTY, the only thing the "suite" had going for it was   
   lpd -- which isn't particularly useful to me.   
      
   [Suites tend to integrate things -- I could initiate a file transfer   
   from within a TELNET session, etc.]   
      
   Beyond Compare gives me a graphical FTP client as a side-effect   
   of its normal functionality.  (and, seems to do so reliably -- one   
   of the most well-crafter examples of a multithreaded desktop   
   application that I've encountered!)   
      
   But, that's *all* it gives me (in terms of the needs addressed above)   
      
   wget and other command line tools are annoying to use as they   
   require scripting -- something I don't mess with on Windows   
   platforms as there is little value to THAT skillset.   
      
   And, rsync on a windows client would be ineffective.  How would it   
   store a local copy of makefile, Makefile and ClassX::Method5.cpp?   
   You can come up with substitutions -- but, then tools can't   
   correlate "THIS" with "that"   
      
   Eschew Windows.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)