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shekofte
12-08-2009, 06:07 AM
Cygwin:
sourceforge suggested us to use Cygwin !
First i tried to download cygwin for my jobs , but i encountered with many troubles on this subject , because it become available only by online downloading while it has very large size , and finishing of it became impossible for me , I declined cygwin ...

some other tools :
filezilla , cuteftp
I realy hat ...

if you know an excellent software please introduce it ?

ranjitkgupta
12-08-2009, 07:54 AM
I have been using filezilla for quite some time and have found it very good for ftp. What is the reason for hating filezilla? I found nothing better than filezilla. Its the best.

gregm11
12-08-2009, 09:11 AM
I always recommend filezilla and winscp which are both free, or an old favorite is wsftp, get the LE version if you can find it.

http://winscp.net/eng/index.php

VIPoint
12-08-2009, 09:14 AM
+1 for filesilla, filezilla is the best

inspiron
12-08-2009, 09:25 AM
WinSCP is another alternatives its opensource. But I truly love the features of the filezilla.

RemyHorton
12-08-2009, 09:15 PM
I use psftp (PuTTY's sftp) and ncftp (can do recursive downloads) as i prefer commandline tools.

Dan321
12-08-2009, 09:31 PM
I use putty, winscp and filezilla. All work perfect!

kosals
12-09-2009, 12:35 AM
Cygwin is usable for some people but it is very corporate / enterprise focus and installing software can be a hassle and some software available for Cygwin just isn't available via SFU.

PowerShell is a good one, as has a lot more potential of Windows for scripting and automation.

shekofte
12-13-2009, 06:18 AM
thanks kosals for suggesting of PowerShell

keserhosting
12-14-2009, 11:44 AM
I think filezilla leads to be ahead of all in this race.

huwnet
12-14-2009, 11:50 AM
Filezilla is good for FTP/SFTP. Sometimes I also use the command line when I need to do a single file quickly.

For unencrypted, quick transfers I also like netcat :)

bear
12-14-2009, 12:57 PM
WS_FTP pro. Been using it for many, many years. I've tried quite a few others, and keep going back to it. Very reliable, rarely have any issues using it, compatible with every server I've ever connected to.

Muttek
12-14-2009, 01:23 PM
I use putty, winscp and filezilla. All work perfect!

Well said. I agree.

Shining Star
12-14-2009, 01:31 PM
I prefer Filezilla+Robocopy

Dave - Just199
12-14-2009, 01:42 PM
Filezilla here, there really isn't anything better not that filezilla is very good.

Sunnytm
12-16-2009, 04:20 PM
cuteftp, winscp, filezilla, and command line ftp...

all these are good way for file transfer

HostXNow
12-16-2009, 04:23 PM
WinSCP, FileZila, and a little bit of command line for me.