<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>FTP mini-HOWTO: X Window FTP clients</TITLE> <LINK HREF="FTP-6.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="FTP-4.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="FTP.html#toc5" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="FTP-6.html">Next</A> <A HREF="FTP-4.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="FTP.html#toc5">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s5">5. X Window FTP clients</A></H2> <P>There are several graphical FTP clients designed to run on the X Window system. These clients offer ease of use for users who are used to graphical environments, and sometimes offer versatile options that would be hard to implement in a text-based ftp client. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss5.1">5.1 gFTP</A> </H2> <P>gFTP is an FTP client for X Windows written using Gtk. The interface has some similarities to the popular WS_FTP software commonly used on a certain unstable operating system. <P> <P>gFTP features simultaneous downloads, resuming of interrupted file transfers, file transfer queues, downloading of entire directories, ftp proxy support, remote directory caching, passive and non-passive file transfers, drag-n-drop support, a very nice connection manager and more. <P> <P>If you are running Red Hat Linux and have the GNOME desktop installed, then you probably already have gFTP. If not, you can download gFTP from its homepage at <A HREF="http://gftp.seul.org/">http://gftp.seul.org/</A>. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss5.2">5.2 WXftp</A> </H2> <P>WXftp is an FTP client for the X Window System designed to be used mainly on Linux workstations. It is written using the WXWindows toolkit, so it can be compiled to use either Motif or GTK+ <P> <P>It includes an intuitive user interface (much like WS_FTP), a session manager, on-line help, a progress bar, and more <P> <P>Check out WXftp's homepage at <A HREF="http://www.wxftp.seul.org">http://www.wxftp.seul.org</A>. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss5.3">5.3 LLNL XDIR and XFTP</A> </H2> <P>LLNL XFTP was one of the first graphical FTP clients for Linux. It supports FXP (file transfer between two remote hosts), and has a Motif based interface. <P> <P>More information is available at <A HREF="http://www.llnl.gov/ia/xdir_xftp/">http://www.llnl.gov/ia/xdir_xftp/</A>. <P> <H2><A NAME="ss5.4">5.4 guiftp</A> </H2> <P>Guiftp is a simple ftp client written with the GTK+ toolkit. It's good if you don't need many features and want a simple, clean look. <P> <P>Guiftp's homepage is at <A HREF="http://www.altern.org/ldufresne/guiftp/">http://www.altern.org/ldufresne/guiftp/</A>. <P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="FTP-6.html">Next</A> <A HREF="FTP-4.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="FTP.html#toc5">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>