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Date:      Thu, 1 Mar 2007 10:58:28 -0500
From:      John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        Never you mind <scrpt@catholic.org>
Subject:   Re: Mounting an FTP space ?
Message-ID:  <200703011058.28791.lists@jnielsen.net>
In-Reply-To: <0fa18d202fd5dfa13608dc9e2c627941@catholic.org>
References:  <0fa18d202fd5dfa13608dc9e2c627941@catholic.org>

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On Thursday 01 March 2007 01:37, Never you mind wrote:
> On my Mac from the Finder I can select "Connect to server", give it the
> details of an ftp location and it will connect and display the ftp
> space as a drive on the desktop.
>
> Can I obtain the same sort of functionality using freeBSD and xfce
> desktop manager?

I haven't used it, but the sysutils/fusefs-curlftpfs should allow you to mount 
an ftp location as a virtual filesystem. The desktop icon thing you'll have 
to work out on your own, but it shouldn't be too difficult (a shortcut to 
your chosen mountpoint should suffice).

JN



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