File Transfer Protocol - FTP File Transfer Protocol and variants

Image Transmission Image transmission, facsimile, fax, et al.

World Wide Web - HTTP, HTML, standards, browsers, transfer utilities, servers, et al.

Data transfer which is not files is covered at Client Server Implementation - clients and servers (listeners) in general. Technologies, frameworks

See also: File and Version Management (RCS, CVS, distribution, etc)

See also: Data integrity and Security, Checksums and Digests

See also: Data Compression

See also: System Administration - Configuration, installing software, adding users, setting limits, system startup (boot) et al.

Up to Communications

How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a file on another machine?

How do I fetch an HTML file?

See Also

napMan-napster server infobot - napMan is an infobot that provides you with a real time glimpse into the current state of the worldwide network of nap servers that are based on either the closed source napster protocol or the open source opennap protocol. {(L)GPL}

PerlLeech - The program will given a set of keywords and file extensions go out to a set of search engines and search for files and download these. You will be able to specify the maximum recursive page downloads. {(L)GPL}

Etree Server Configuration - This project will include source code and configuration scripts for the automation of an ftp server using Proftpd, Mysql, and PHP3/4. This project is primarially focused on the configuration and administration of etree servers. www.etree.org {(L)GPL}

WebScour {(L)GPL}

GnuSpace - "GnuSpace" is an advanced Gnutella client that let users share both files and computation time. Unlike Gnutella, GnuSpace combines thousands of PCs unused CPU power into one coherent power-source to fuel super services to benefit all. {(L)GPL}

Perl Scour eXchange - Perl Scour eXchange is a Perl client to the Scour Exchange service. This is a distributed file sharing system. See http://sx.scour.com/. {(L)GPL}

Other Applications and Utilities

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Archie - Archie is a system for indexing FTP sites. The Archie module queries an Archie server using the Prospero protocol. [Perl] {oss}

perl5 module for uuencode and uudecode. p5-Convert-UU-0.40 Perl5 module for uuencode and uudecode

a framework for passing digitally signed perl5 code between machines. p5-Penguin-3.00 A framework for passing digitally signed perl5 code between machines

p5-Penguin-Easy-1.1 a quick and easy implemention of the p5-Penguin module

Convert:BinHex - Extracts the header, data fork, and resource fork from Macintosh BinHex files. [Perl] {oss}

Mac::Apps::Anarchie - An interface to the Macintosh FTP client. [Perl] {oss}

Net::FTP - Interface to the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Part of the libnet bundle. [Perl] {oss}

Penguin - Lets you execute encrypted, digitally signed Perl code on another computer. Think Java, but not proprietary, not restricted to the Web, and lacking facilities for easy graphical manipulations in browsers. [Perl] {oss}

Agent - Methods for creating Penguin-based software agents. Also see the Penguin module. [Perl] {oss}

Other Libraries, Functions, and Components

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