Fetch 3.0





Description

Features


Description

Fetch is a user-friendly Macintosh FTP client; it allows point-and-click, drag and drop file transfers to and from any machine with an FTP server, over a TCP/IP network.

Features

Multiple Connections

Fetch allows multiple outstanding connections, and automatically reconnects sessions that have been disconnected.

Drag and Drop

Fetch features extensive support for drag and drop (which requires System 7.5, or else the Macintosh Drag and Drop extension and Finder 7.1.3 or later). Files and directories can be dragged to and from remote sites. URLs can be dragged to bookmark list windows and text editors. Even some preferences can be set via drag and drop.

Open Transport

Fetch is one of the first applications to ship with Open Transport code, for better performance on PCI Macintoshes and soon non-PCI models as well.

Apple Events

Fetch is the only Mac FTP client with Apple Event Object Model support, for easier and more powerful scripting with languages such as AppleScript, Frontier, and others. Fetch is also "recordable," so writing a simple script can be as simple as hitting the "Record" button in your script editor.

Bookmark Lists

Fetch supports multiple bookmark lists, with easy drag and drop editing and reordering.

Firewalls

Fetch supports simple proxy servers, SOCKS gateways, passive mode transfers, and a user-selected port-number range, all to make Fetch's operation behind firewalls more convenient. In addition, Fetch supports the S/Key system for protecting the privacy of passwords.

Searching

Fetch supports the "SITE INDEX" command for searching FTP archives by file name ("SITE INDEX" is not supported by all servers).

Permissions

Fetch allows simple point-and-click management of remote file permissions via the "SITE CHMOD" and "SITE UMASK" commands (not supported by all servers).

File Format Conversion

Fetch supports up and downloading files in AppleSingle, BinHex, and MacBinary II format, as well as the common Text and Raw Data formats.

Directory Trees

Fetch can upload, download, or delete entire directory trees (i.e. directories containing files and/or sub-directories) with a single command.

Suffix Mapping

Fetch comes with a list of suffix mappings which relate file name extensions (such as ".gz") to Macintosh file types (such as MacGzip). Users can modify the default mappings and add their own as well. Fetch can also use Internet Config's mappings.

Post-Processing

Fetch's Post Processing feature makes it possible to have downloaded files automatically passed to designated helper applications, depending on their type. Fetch can use Internet Config's post-processing settings or its own.

URL support

Fetch can access files or directories based on their Uniform Resource Locator (URL), and can generate URLs for displayed files.

Text Display

Fetch can display text files, directory listings, and server messages in its own windows, without requiring a separate viewing program.

Online Manual

Fetch features an online users manual, with a tutorial and reference topics.

Custom Commands

Fetch allows users to type in arbitrary FTP commands, to navigate firewalls and access server-specific commands.