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Feature Request: Drive letter in FileZilla Client (sftp)

Posted: 2009-09-18 07:49
by The_Dude_1978
Hi There,

Thanks for putting so much time in this project. I've been using xampp for several years now and i find it very convenient.

I have set up my ftp server, opened up some ports and got it all working. I love it, but still i'm missing a very big functionality. I would like to see that like Netdrive you could make a sftp connection with drive letter. The reason why is, i don't like syncing, so i would like to access some files and my outlook.pst over the internet. If I use Netdrive (which i'm doing now) it sends a blank password (correct?) over the internet. That's something i'm not happy about.

So this is my request. I hope you can find a way to accomplish that.

Best regards,

Martijn Kamminga
The Netherlands

Re: Feature Request: Drive letter in FileZilla Client (sftp)

Posted: 2009-09-18 21:59
by boco
The FTP and SFTP protocols have not been designed for that. You'd need something like a VPN or WebDAV.

Example: Your outlook.pst would have to be completely downloaded every time you access it and re-uploaded every time there is a change. With other words: You cannot operate with files directly on the server using FTP/SFTP, only transfer 'em. This makes the drive letter very inconvenient.

Re: Feature Request: Drive letter in FileZilla Client (sftp)

Posted: 2022-01-04 21:24
by Feiketo
I want that too. With a drive letter I can write a program to update the website. Until recently I used Netdrive, but Netdrive recently showed only empty directories. I downloaded a new version of Netdrive, which wants me to login with a Google or Facebook account - and then it does nothing (or it does not explain what I can do). FileZilla is better, but it has an unnecessary large window, and AFAIK it only allows manual transfers.

Re: Feature Request: Drive letter in FileZilla Client (sftp)

Posted: 2022-01-05 01:24
by boco
FileZilla Pro CLI (paid) is designed run from the command line, and can be fully operated using scripts.