Ftp as local folder?

oxygene

oxygene

oxygene

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Hey guys, as above I've been meaning to get this kind of thing for a while but recently its priority has gone up. I have files remotely that I want to edit with local software but without having to download the entire folder and upload it again after.
Because of this I am hoping there is a way to mount an ftp location as a local drive or folder, like you would a remote network share. If these synchronise and store local copies then it may not be worth while, although if it only uploads the changed files it could work.
Tbh I've not heard of things like this being done, mainly I think because of how ftp works. But if anyone knows a way I would be very grateful :)
 
From a quick google:

- Open Explorer-- > Computer-- > Click Map Network Drive.
- Next click Add network location wizard.
- Select Choose a custom network location - Specify the address of the website, network location or ftp site.
- Uncheck log on anonymously and give the username & password.
Click to expand...
 
Damn, it does work mounting the folder but the editing program I want to use on the files cant work because each file is cached locally so not viewed as a whole :/
 
If it's having to download them from FTP to load them into the program it's essentially going to take just as long as syncing the changes but with greater delays at your end when using the files.
 
Thats my point. I can do that via ftp as it is atm, but there seams to be no way to remotely use and alter files as and when without downloading them all first, its a pain.
 
It might have the same problem, as it creates a temp file I think, but I use Filezilla, and just right-click the document on the server and select Edit. It has to transfer over, but it works very similar to having a mounted drive.
 
What about setting the folder to have an offline copy on your hard drive, and although you'll need to download them all initially, Win will only re-sync the changed ones.
 
There's a handy little program called fling that might help, it will monitor a local folder and upon any file changes upload the changed files to a ftp server, it will however require you to have the entire folder downloaded locally at some point, but it will only upload changed files.

http://www.nchsoftware.com/ftp/index.html

I used it to automate a clients stock list and photo's upload so they don't need to mess around with manually uploading.
 
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