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I use FileZilla for FTP upload and download from FTP shares, websites. But I always struggle with using direct FTP links/URLs, like:
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/standards/RFC/rfc959.txt
or FTP structured like this:
ftp://user:password@host:port/path
Is there a way to use FileZilla without setting up New Site for each FTP link? Can I just copy & paste the link to something in FileZilla that will start downloading, like any browser does?
With FileZilla 3, this isn't possible. Ticket #8111 is an open feature request that asks for an option to disable the caching of the directory listing.
You have two options:
Install FileZilla 2.2.32.
Disabling the directory cache is straightforward in FileZilla 2:
If downgrading is not an option, you can download, modify and compile the source code.
The modification is easy. The file src/engine/directorycache.h of the FileZilla 3.5.3 source code contains the following:
/*
This class is the directory cache used to store retrieved directory listings
for further use.
Directory get either purged from the cache if the maximum cache time exceeds,
or on possible data inconsistencies.
[...]
*/
const int CACHE_TIMEOUT = 1800; // In seconds
As you can see, the default timeout is 1800 seconds (30 minutes). Setting the timeout to zero should disable the directory cache.
Compiling is a lot more difficult. The official tutorial Compiling FileZilla 3 under Windows explains how.
Looks like filezilla does not provide a solution, but other programs mentioned in this form:
This person got auto upload to work with a specific editor:
Best Answer
You can paste a URL to Host box on Quickconnect bar. Once you click Quickconnect button, the URL is parsed into Host, Username, Password and Port.
And actually even a protocol is recognized, so you can e.g. paste
sftp://URL to connect with SFTP, what is otherwise not directly possible with Quickconnect bar.