gFTP import

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beuno · #1 Post by **beuno** » 2006-11-06 10:59

I really like filezilla (been using it for years now), and since it's come to Linux I would like to help out a bit.
gFTP seems to be the most used ftp client on linux afaik, so I wanted to develope some sort of script that can import all saved sites on it into Filezilla.
I was wondering in what language (python seems the winner up to now) you'd prefer I do it in case you decided to add it into filezilla later on.

#2 Post by **eddan** » 2006-11-06 13:01

FileZilla 3 is written in C++ using the Wxwidgets library. To be included in FZ you probably need to write the importer in C++ as well. Another way to do this, is to make it an online app using perl, php or whatever you prefer. Then people can just visit your website to convert from gftp format to filezilla.

I'm not a developer of FileZilla, this is just my two cents as a user like yourself.

beuno · #3 Post by **beuno** » 2006-11-06 13:09

An online converter seems pretty straight forward and easy.
I would like to know if there is any *specific* way botg would prefer or I should just go ahead and do it any way I wish.

#4 Post by **botg** » 2006-11-06 15:13

An online converter has the problem that users have to trust the online service. Not everyone likes the idea to transfer his passwords over the net.

So acceptable solutions would be either a dedicated script (Python, Perl or the likes) or some C++ code.

beuno · #5 Post by **beuno** » 2006-11-06 15:30

Python script it is.
I'll keep you posted, thanks for the quick reply