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NAME
xxxx - TYPE X interface to ftp.
SYNOPSIS
xxxx [ -options ... ]
DESCRIPTION
xxxx is a X ftp interface. It allows retrieval or transmission of
selected files and directory trees.
OPTIONS
[-gateway <host>]
[-animate]
OPTIONS
-gateway <host>
The geteway key word allow you to specify a ftp gateway. The
gateway is assumed to follow the following contention. The the
user name is of the form user@remote host.
-animate
The animate option will animate the icon. This does not work
with all window managers. If you are running mwm this option is
a noop.
BASIC SCREEN LAYOUT
The screen display for xxxx consists of 5 sections: a series of menus
quit menu, option menu, file options , multi file options, and help
menu; a status window; a remote/local directory window; a series of
buttons login, remote/local directory, command shell, reconnect, glob,
search, search next, and archie; and a scrolled list window;
The status window display the current actions and error messages.
The remote/local directory window display the remote/local name of the
displayed directory.
The login button is used to initiate logins.
The remote/local button toggles between remote and local directory
display's.
The command shell button is used to bring up a shell window that
contains a command line interface to ftp.
The glob button brings up a dialog shell that will allow selection of
files based on regular expression or shell globing commands.
The search button brings up a dialog shell that will search for a file
based on regular expression or shell globing.
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The next button seearch for the next item based on the regular
expression or shell globing commands set by the search button.
The reconnect button is used to restart a ftp session after the server
has disconnected.
The archie button brings up a dialog that can be used to search a
archie database. This requires that the archie command be some were
in the path when xxxx is started.
All buttons and menu selections are activated with the left mouse
button.
A file can be selected by clicking the left mouse button on the file.
Multi file selection are accomplished by clicking the left mouse
button on the first file and then dragging the mouses over the files
to be selected. Selected files are displayed in reverse video. The
current selection file has a square border around it.
The scrolled list window has a popup menu that can be activated by
holding down the right mouse button. You can also use the keyboard to
select the listing options, local/remote display, sort options, files
or directories, and actions to apply to selected files.
You can doubly click the middle mouse button on a directory to cd to
it. If you double click the middle mouse button on a file and it is a
remote file then the file will be transferred to the local host or if
it a local file then it is transferred to the remote host.
FILES
.xftp - Initiation file for xxxx
.moxftprc - a .netrc just for xxxx.
It has the same directives as .netrc plus the following three new
directives:
remote_dir <remote dir>
<remote dir> is the initial remote directory that ftp starts
in.
local_dir <local dir>
<local dir> is the initial local directory that ftp starts
in.
note <text>
This is the note that is displayed in the host list window
in the connection dialog.
.netrc - See ftp(1).
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SEE ALSO
ftp 1
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