[thelist] Editor Tips
Burhan Khalid
burhankh at hotmail.com
Thu Nov 1 19:50:06 CST 2001
Dear Evolters :
One of the most annoying things that I have to do is uploading. I am always
looking for a faster, easier (read "lazy") way to FTP. My current solution,
untill I find something thats more appealing uses a neat switch on the
windows FTP command.
This tip works with any editor that supports custom commands. Heck, you
could even do it with Visual Studio if you wanted. This tip uses EditPlus as
an example.
A prerequisite is knowledge of some common FTP commands, which I will
highlight below.
Common FTP Commands
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Name Syntax Purpose
---- ------ -------
open open sitename opens a connection (socket) to a FTP server
cd cd directory same as cd in DOS. Changes directories
put put filename.ext uploads a file
get get filename.ext downloads a file
bye bye closes an open connection, and exits FTP
lcd lcd directory changes the local directory (on your machine)
if used without an argument, tells you what
your local directory is (like PWD in *nix).
Sample plain text file to logon to m.e.o
----------------------------------------
open members.evolt.org
username
password
cd public_html
lcd c:\myHTMLFiles
put filename.ext
bye
(saved as C:\ftp.txt)
<tip author="Burhan Khalid">
Automate FTP-ing of files (using EditPlus)
1. Create a text file with FTP commands that you want to execute.
2. Click on Tools --> Configure User Tools
3. Click Add Tool
4. Click Program
5. Type anything you want under Menu Text (I put FTP)
6. Under command type : c:\windows\Ftp.exe -:sC:\ftp.txt
7. Click Apply
8. Click Okay
To execute tool, simultaneously hit CTRL+1. If FTP is your second configured
tool, you would hit CTRL+2, etc.
</tip>
NOTES :
Make sure to change your lcd directory to your own web projects directory,
etc. You could name one file ftpup.txt, and one ftpdown.txt, with upload and
download commands, respectively. Creating two tools would give you easy
shortcut combinations to upload and download your files. Of course, you
could put any valid FTP command in the text file, and perform any number of
upload/downloads. Yes, I know most IDE's provide a facility for doing this,
but I like text editors. The load quickly, and get the job done.
Just my $0.02.
Regards,
Burhan Khalid
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