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CurlFtpFS
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CurlFtpFS allows one to mount a FTP folder as a regular directory to the local directory tree.
Installation
Kernel
CurlFtpFS needs FUSE activated in the kernel:
KERNEL Activating FUSE
'"`UNIQ--pre-00000001-QINU`"'
Emerge
Install net-fs/curlftpfs:
root #emerge --ask net-fs/curlftpfsUsage
As a regular user
First, create a mount point:
user $mkdir ./ftpMounting
Then mount the necessary catalog from the server to this mount point:
user $curlftpfs ftp://server/catalog/ ./ftp/ -o user=username:password,utf8Unmounting
user $fusermount -u ./ftp