Discovered recently that I could no longer view my .htaccess files. This is a mystery as I've had no problems viewing such files in the past, so I went looking for a solution. Found the following: To view hidden files, set remote mask to -a. In WS_FTP. This is done by going to the Startup tab in the Connect dialog box.
Info found at:
http://www.efficienthosting.co.uk/support/wsftp.html
2 | dave
This may not always work actually.
Some sys admins (myself included) make it so that their FTP servers do not allow the viewing of hidden files even if you have these option checked in FTP programs.
3 | Rev. Bob
You're bound to get a million suggestions like this one, but I really do like FileZilla: <http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/>
Some FTP clients seem to say to the server, "OK, here's what I'd like you to do when you have time, if it's not too much trouble. I'm just going to sit here and wait." When the server gets busy, it postpones requests like that forever. Or so it seems. By contrast, FileZilla (and good old terminal mode FTP) say, "Here comes the darn file, now put it where I told you."
If you're too polite to servers, they'll just take advantage of you. 😉
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