Ftpuse - connects a remote share as a local hard drive using the FTP protocol.

The FTPUSE command maps a remote share (FTP server) as a local drive, so you can use the FTP server of your choice as a local hard drive. FTPUSE is a free application which was developed during production of the network backup suite Ferro Backup System, but disks mapped using FTPUSE can be accessed by any application (e.g. Windows Explorer, Total Commander, MS-DOS command shell).

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FtpUseInst.exe

Version 1.2
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The FTPUSE command syntax is similar to NET USE syntax, as follows:

Syntax
FTPUSE [devicename] [ftphostname[/remotepath] [password]]
         [/USER:username]
         [/NOPASSIVE]
         [/OWNERACCESSONLY]
         [/PORT:portnumber]
         [[/DELETE]]

Parameters
devicename
Sets the name of the device to be connected to or disconnected from an FTP share

ftphostname
Sets the name, IP address or IPv6 address of the FTP server you want to connect to

remotepath
Sets the name of a remote folder to be used as the main folder for the mapped drive

password
Sets the password required to access the FTP server

/USER
Sets the user name to be used to log onto the remote computer

/NOPASSIVE
Establishes an active connection with the FTP server (active mode)

/OWNERACCESSONLY
The mapped drive will be accessible only from the application from which FTPUSE was launched

/PORT
Sets the TCP port number which should be used to connect to the FTP server. TCP port 21 is used by default.

/DELETE
Deletes the established connection with the FTP Server.

Example
To map (assign) the F: drive letter to the developr folder located at ftp.microsoft.com, type:

FTPUSE F: ftp.microsoft.com/developr ftpuse@example /USER:anonymous

To delete the mapped drive, type:

FTPUSE F: /DELETE

Requirements
FTPUSE needs drivers, and so it is distributed as an installation package. The installer includes DOKAN file system drivers and the FTPUSE application. FTPUSE runs under Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008 (all 32-bit).

Other information
FTPUSE uses the DOKAN file system driver created by Hiroki Asakawa. It is similar in operation to the CurlFtp command present in Linux, which uses the FUSE driver. FTP USE can complement the NET USE command, which can be used to map network resources but does not support FTP.

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