Am 28.04.2022 um 20:45 schrieb Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM):
Keith Moore writes:* Are there GUI interfaces to that permit operations on multiple files at once (identified by patterns and/or a picker) on webdav remote file systems?* Are there command line clients that mimic the behaviour of the ftp command? I.e. something that will let you 'cd' and 'ls' your way around the remote file system. What so many of the "kill FTP" proponents are missing is the lack of discoverability in their proposed replacements. Tools like curl work fine if you already know what you want, but like going to the library, quite often I don't know what I want until I find it. I have spent endless hours exploring archives and the like using the ftp command that way. The only suggested replacement that provides that functionality is NFS. And that reason alone is a sufficient deal breaker for me regarding any of the proposed FTP replacements. (Note I'm speaking here in the general sense. This wasn't a particularly important aspect in accessing the RFC/I-D archives.)
Yes, WebDAV has the PROPFIND method which essentially gives you "ls -l" for HTTP resources. For over 23 years now. (see https://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/rfc2518.html#METHOD_PROPFIND) You can use it by "mounting" the filesystem, by using a custom client such as Cyberduck (<https://cyberduck.io/>), or simply by sending PROPFIND using JS in a browser. Best regards, Julian
