New SFTP plugin available now

[hambaba]

hi,

is it possible to display connections in the drive bar like ftp connections from 0 till 9?

Mikefield (Aug 18, 2008), Sob (Nov 27, 2008) and ThiefMaster (Feb 03, 2009) have already asked this question but i have not a found an answer to it.

thx and greets

[karlchen]

is it possible to display connections in the drive bar like ftp connections from 0 till 9?

To the best of my knowledge and as far as I can tell from what I see: No.

Karl

[ghisler(Author)]

No, file system plugins work similar to UNC paths (e.g. \\server\share) in TC: They don't have drive letters, but you can add them to the button bar in the form:
cd \\\pluginname\subfolder

Just drag a plugin folder to the button bar to add a button.

[karlchen]

Hello, Christian.

In this context, buttons in the buttonbar are not even usable as workarounds:
The drive numbers 0 to 9 for FTP connections are assigned and unassigend dynamically at runtime.
But buttons in the buttonbar are static.
Currently there are 24 connection definitions inside my SFTP list. I do not really feel like creating one static button for each of the 24 potential connections.

Kind regards,
Karl

[Boofo]

2karlchen,

I use a couple of buttons in the button bar for 2 sites I FTP regularly. They work fine.

[karlchen]

Hi, Boofo.

Sorry to say so but you missed the point.

The numbers 0 to 9 for FTP connections have a totally different function: For each active FTP connection a pseudo drive number starting with 0 will be assigned.
If you click on such a number you will switch back to the already open FTP connection and return to the same folder where you were when you switched away from this FTP connection.

The best which a button can do is offering to open a predefined FTP or SFTP connection. This is not what the pseudo drive numbers do. They work like drive letters.

Kind regards,
Karl

[Boofo]

2karlchen,

My bad. I misunderstood your post. I stand corrected.

[karlchen]

Hi, Boofo.

Actually, it was hambaba who asked whether there were some way of representing SFTP connections inside the drive bare using the pseudo drives 0..9 (like FTP connections).

As a matter of fact, currently there is no equivalent object for SFTP connectionsw which corresponds to the pseudo drives 0...9.

Kind regards,
Karl

[Boofo]

2karlchen,

Is that something Mr. Ghisler could add easily?

[karlchen]

No idea. Christian's previous reply does not address this question at all. He only states that SFTP connections do not have any drive letters. Yet, the same was true for FTP connections, before someone had the idea of assigning them dynamic numbers.

[little titty]

A bit confused! maybe this is too difficult for a newbee but I have installed as per the instructions but......
how do I call/acess/startup this plugin from within TC ? sorry but I am pretty new to TC...

[karlchen]

Hello, little titty.

Inside Total Commander go to Network Neighborhood. (Drive bar: icon \. Or drive drop down list: item labelled \ Network Neighborhood.)
Here you double click on the item named Secure FTP.
Inside the Secure FTP plugin, do not double click the item labelled "_F7=new connection.txt". It is just there to tell you how to create and save a new named connection: by pressing function key <F7>.

Kind regards,
Karl

[little titty]

Thanks found it, under the drive drop down list it was called Network & Plugins
thanks for the help

[karlchen]

Hello, little titty.

You're welcome.

Thanks found it, under the drive drop down list it was called Network & Plugins

Right, provided your wincmd.ini holds the section [Drive Hints] and this section holds the entry "\=Network & Plugins".
By the way, it is only filesystem plugins which will appear inside the Network Neighborhood, no packer plugins, no lister plugins, no content plugins.

Kind regards,
Karl

[ThiefMaster]

Wouldn't it be possible to extend the plugin API to allow plugins to register a pseudo drive? This could just be mapped to the plugin's UNC path internally...