From: "Geo." 

Look for a program called FTPexplorer, if I remember right it opens a
folder window just like any local folder and it has an address bar so you
can just copy/paste like you would in a regular address bar from explorer.

Geo.

"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:408ec081{at}w3.nls.net...
> I'm looking for an easy FTP client for use by a smart but non-technical
client
> of mine.  He has FTP space on a UNIX server, in a dir off his home.  That
dir
> will be opened for anonymous access by his ISP.  He would like to
dragondrop
> or use the FTP program PUT facility to upload an occasional big file,
totally
> manually.  The only trick he wants is to auto-generate a pasteable URL so
he
> can email the intended recipient of the file with a clickable URL, saying,
> "Come and get it."  (Client will then get his default
browser popping up
with
> the usual FTP screen.) I must be missing something, 'cause I can't seem to
> find this filename+path generation anywhere.
>
> Fallback: swipeable FQ UNIX path - he want's his secretary to be able to
cut
> and paste the link.  All the ftp clients I've tried don't even let you
clip
> the filename!
>
> Don't I remember filemanagers that let you treat FTP as part of the
> filesystem?  Windows Commander, maybe?
>
> Client machines will be 98, ME, and 2000.
>
> --
>
> -Frank
>

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