This is to announce an HTTP Virtual File System for Midnight Commander (MC). It lets the MC treat remote directories as if they were on a local filesystem. One can then view and copy files to and from a remote computer, and even between remote boxes of various kinds. A remote system can be an arbitrary UNIX/Win95/WinNT box running an HTTP server.
This is similar to a familiar NFS, or MC's own mcfs
and ftps
. Yet this VFS works via HTTP, requires minimum installation on a remote site (only a single, easily configurable sh or Perl script), can work through firewalls, and has a number of other advantages.
FTPFS
, MCFS
and NFS