Difference between revisions of "Ftpii"

	ftpii
General
Author(s)	joedj
Type	Utilities/FTP
Links
	[[Here\|Download]]
	Source
Peripherals

Revision as of 07:32, 5 July 2008

ftpii is an FTP server for the Wii, giving people easy access to their SD cards without having to eject it from the Wii itself.

The ftpii home page is http://code.google.com/p/ftpii/

Requirements

You will need an FTP client in order to connect to your Wii, but once you have got one set up, all you have to do is use wiiload to send ftpii to your Wii and once the network has initialized it's good to go.

History

For subversion changes since 0.0.6, see http://code.google.com/p/ftpii/source/list

Version	Changes
0.0.9	Added authentication - can specify a password using directory name or wiiload arg.
0.0.8	Fixed MKD bug that caused working directory to change to new directory automatically. Added no-op SITE CHMOD command to prevent some FTP from displaying skip/abort/retry type prompts.
0.0.7	Added virtual path support for /sd and /usb. (thanks srg!), Added SITE LOADER command to return to loader, Added SITE CLEAR command to clear the console, Support for starting without a device connected (thanks srg!), Support for SD Gecko (though currently disabled in libfat) (thanks srg!), Re-enable read-ahead when remounting (thanks srg!)
0.0.6	Incorporated SD-card and USB hot-swapping patch. (thanks srg!)
0.0.5	Added support for buggy FTP clients that use "LIST -aL" or similar, at the expense of breaking paths that begin with '-'.
	Compiled with corruption-fix and usbstorage libfat patches. (thanks svpe!)
	Uncommented FAT read-ahead support (oops)
0.0.4	Added rename support, as well as append and resume.
	Fixed _another_ nasty crash bug introduced in 0.0.3 when creating directories. (thanks nilsk123!)
0.0.3	Multi-client support (up to 5), using LWPs. Unfortunately this makes things quite a bit slower, due to the reduced buffer sizes.
	This has the nice side-effect of making clients like FileZilla work.
0.0.2	Fixed display/crash bug when creating directories. (thanks feesh!)
	Enabled fat read-ahead caching. Increases read speed from ~80KB/s to ~250KB/s for me. (thanks svpe!)
0.0.1	Public release

Usage

The best way to get a feel for ftpii is to install it, using itself. When you download ftpii, use wiiload (with the Homebrew Channel) to start it up. When the network has initialized, use your favourite FTP client to connect to you wii. You can enter anything for a user name and password right now. Once you have logged in, navigate to the apps folder on your SD card, and upload the ftpii directory (containing boot.elf, meta.xml and icon.png) here.

Once you are done altering files, close the connection from your client, then push the A button on Wiimote #1. This will bring you out of ftpii and back to the HBC application selection menu. ftpii will now be in the list to run again without the need of Wiiload.

Compatible/Incompatible Clients

Some users are experiencing issues with certain FTP clients- in order to help development progress and to notify potential users of which FTP clients not to use please post any FTP clients that you have had limited or no success with whilst using ftpii.

NOTE: This is not a great way to track or report compatibility issues with ftpii. Please use the issue tracker at http://code.google.com/p/ftpii/issues/list

This list is not regularly updated when new versions of ftpii are released. It does not generally provide developers with enough information to be able to

reproduce or fix a problem, and is usually just misleading. You are much better off using the issue tracker, or contacting me directly with specific problems. - joedj

Compatible

Windows Clients

Program	OS	Issues?
CLI FTP	XP SP3	None
Core FTP LE 2.1	XP	Occasional Error in file names
CuteFTP 8 Professional	XP/Vista	Some folders don't work. 2
Windows Explorer	XP	Occasional Error in file names
FileZilla	XP	None Known
FireFTP 0.97.3 (addon for Firefox 2.0.0.14 or Flock 1.2.1)	XP SP3	Some folders don't work. 2
SmartFTP	XP/Vista	1 + 2
Total Commander 7.01	XP SP2	None
WS_FTP LE 5.08	XP	None
WS_FTP 8.0	XP SP2	None

Linux Clients

Program	OS	Issues?
CLI FTP	Linux	None
FileZilla	Linux	None
FireFTP 0.97.3 (addon for Firefox 2.0.0.14 or Flock 1.2.1)	Linux	Some folders don't work. 2
gFTP 2.0.18	Linux	None
kasablanca	Linux (KDE)	Sometimes folders, and even files, copy inside each other. It is best to only copy one folder at a time.
Konqueror	Linux	3 (sometimes)
Nautilus 2.20.0	Linux	Some folders don't work. 1
NcFTP	Linux	None

Mac OS Clients

Program	OS	Issues?
CLI FTP	Leopard	None
Fetch 5.3	Leopard	None
Forklift 1.5.2	Leopard	None
Transmit 3.6.6	Leopard	Some folders don't work. 1

You get a "No such file or directory" error, even if the folder exists at some folders
'550 directory doesn't exist'. After reconnect and reboot of ftpii they did work
Core Dump error (when copying a folder with files in it)

Incompatible

Program	OS	Issues?

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