Re: Tombstone README for FTP service

[Julian Reschke <[e-mail]>]

Am 28.04.2022 um 20:45 schrieb Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM):
> Keith Moore writes:
>
>>    * Are there GUI interfaces to that permit operations on multiple files
>>      at once (identified by patterns and/or a picker) on webdav remote
>>      file systems?
>
> * Are there command line clients that mimic the behaviour of the ftp
>    command?  I.e. something that will let you 'cd' and 'ls' your way
>    around the remote file system.
>
> What so many of the "kill FTP" proponents are missing is the lack
> of discoverability in their proposed replacements.  Tools like
> curl work fine if you already know what you want, but like going to
> the library, quite often I don't know what I want until I find it.
>
> I have spent endless hours exploring archives and the like using the
> ftp command that way.  The only suggested replacement that provides
> that functionality is NFS.
>
> And that reason alone is a sufficient deal breaker for me regarding
> any of the proposed FTP replacements.  (Note I'm speaking here in
> the general sense.  This wasn't a particularly important aspect in
> accessing the RFC/I-D archives.)

Yes, WebDAV has the PROPFIND method which essentially gives you "ls -l"
for HTTP resources. For over 23 years now. (see
https://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc2518.html#METHOD_PROPFIND)

You can use it by "mounting" the filesystem, by using a custom client
such as Cyberduck (<https://cyberduck.io/>), or simply by sending
PROPFIND using JS in a browser.

Best regards, Julian