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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!gail.ripco.com!dr From: dr@ripco.com (David Richards) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: inet or net that maps a remote site to a local dir??? Date: 14 Mar 1996 18:44:34 GMT Organization: Ripco Internet BBS, Chicago Lines: 26 Message-ID: <4i9pei$roh@gail.ripco.com> References: <3141f0a6.3094328@news.csus.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: foley.ripco.com In article <3141f0a6.3094328@news.csus.edu>, Jerry Leong <wleong@sfsu.edu> wrote: >Hi, > I just saw a posting saying you can use inet to map a remote site >to a local directory in OS/2 Lan environment (I think...) Is there a >similar kind of function in FreeBSD system? > The reason is that I need to access some remote sites quite often >using ftp or telnet, I was just thinking that maybe by cd to a mapped >directory, I can save all the trouble of typing everything everytime. Check out NcFTP, which I believe is available as a FreeBSD package or from ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume39/ncftp It maintains a .ncrecent file which stores the names of the most recently accessed sites and the directory you were in when you closed the connection- it uses name completion on open, so you don't even have to type in the full site name, and defaults to automatically logging in as anonymous. Dave -- David Richards Ripco Communications Inc. My opinions are my own, Public Access in Chicago But they are available for rental FREE Usenet and Email dr@ripco.com (312) 665-0065