Re: [cobalt-users] File Transfer (FTP) via web

["Robert Davis" <rdavis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ahoy

You ask:



>Anybody know any good programs (cgi) that allow users to upload files to a
>directory on a web server without using an FTP client. We have users who
>would like to trade files through web browsers with each other. The problem
>is they are all on different platforms and don't know anything about
>encoding files (nor do they want to).


I have zipped up a trio of Perl programs which do just that, and put them
at:
www.webmost.com/scout/upload.zip  for you to download.

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IMPORTANT NOTE:
  I have found that readers of this list who have tried to download
  other zipped files I have made  available,  (particularly errpage.zip),
   by simply typing the URL into their browser will get a 404. The easy
  way is to go to www.webmost.com/scout, and from the index page
  choose what you want to  download. Somehow, the server will provide
  a .zip file to a hyperlink, but not to a browser address  line.
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* The first script presents a password page, and allows the user to choose
between
    uploading or downloading.
* The second Uploads a file
* The third sends notice and notes about the upload to whoever needs to know

They should be pretty easy to configure if you know Perl. If you have any
trouble,
email me directly at rdavis@xxxxxxxxxxx I use this trio at several sites, to
ferry
client data, to help people who are working at home get files to the office,
etc.

Aloha
Davis