FTP Access

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In general, wherever base folders are used in Beyond Compare, you can use a folder on an FTP site instead.

Browsing to an FTP folder

In the Browse for Folder dropdown, pick Browse Using Profile to open a dialog.  In the Quick Connect folder, you can enter the login information necessary to create an FTP profile.  Click the Connect & Browse button to find a subfolder interactively.  You can also select a previously defined profile.

Typing an FTP specification

You can type an FTP specification directly into either of the base path edit controls by using this syntax:

ftp://username@ftp.hostname.com

 

The program will prompt for the password as needed.  Or, you can include the password in the specification:

ftp://username:password@ftp.hostname.com

 

Leave the username off for anonymous access:

ftp://ftp.hostname.com

 

You can specify a folder relative to the login folder:

ftp://username@ftp.hostname.com/subfolder

 

...or relative to the site's root folder:

ftp://username@ftp.hostname.com//subfolder

 

To specify SFTP (SSH2) access, use this syntax:

sftp://username@hostname.com

 

To specify FTP over SSL (explicit SSL), use this syntax:

ftps://username@hostname.com