> Btw, what about using Yftp for the ftp-url handling ? It
> would require some changes to the program, the most
> important that it doesn't insist on getting all parent
> directories first, before getting the actual file. But
> it shouldn't be that hard to do.
Nothing against Yftp.app, (and I agree about the directory
caching), but a simple background filter with an Application
object present ONLY for the display of an alert panel
and invoked completely in the background sounds preferable,
at least as an option. The choosing capacity that makes
Yftp so desirable isn't needed if a single URL is being
passed.
Even a wrapper around ftplib.pl v1.1 8/16/94 would be better
for 'servicing' an ftp scheme URL in the background, especially
since it's a v4 Perl library and (I understand) v4.036 'solid'
Perl is bundled with 3.3 NEXTSTEP.
Bruce
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