Download/HomepageDescription: The design goal for Lunar Ftp was to create a FTP client with
multi-tasking capability - a feature that is unique to Lunar Ftp. Multiple connections to
different or the same host should be possible and the user should need to only click on a
host name, or copy a file to a host for a connection to that host to be opened - no
explicit opening or closing of connections should be necessary. Additionally the same
instance of the program should be able to manage multiple transfers between various hosts
and feedback of the files being transferred in each batch should be clear. These were the
main design goals behind Lunar Ftp and all were met. Additional features were also added
such as transferring directly from one host to another, and being able to mark each
individual file as binary or ASCII so a mixed file transfer could be accomplished.
Evaluation: The concepts behind this program are excellent. With so many FTP programs
around it is nice to see one so different. Most new FTP programs simply offer a new way to
look at your connection. Lunar FTP is different. It provides some excellent features I
have not found in other FTP programs. The most promising of these is the capability to
transfer from on server to another server. This could save you valuable time online.
Instead of transferring files from a slow FTP site directly to your hard drive, you could
start a transfer from the FTP site to your ISP. You don't' have to be online for the
transfer to continue, so you could then disconnect. Then when you log back in later just
transfer the files direct from your ISP to your hard drive. This is a lot faster then
transferring directly from the FTP site.
Though it has some extremely nice features it is not quite ready for public release. While
I was test driving Lunar FTP I had numerous errors popup. Far too many to just be a fluke.
I saw divide by zero errors and exceptions. And every time I tried to log into my ISPs FTP
server it would lock up. I think this last problem was the result of a very long directory
listing from my ISP. I attempted to contact the author regarding these errors but never
received a response.
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