Hi

Please excuse a slightly dumb question, but how can I get my FTP
browser to display a ".htaccess" file? I have tried AbsoluteFTP (v1.9)
and FileZilla (v2.2.24b) and Dreamweaver v8.

I *can* see a local copy of the file, and I can see names like
"jan.htaccess" but it looks like I cant see any file whose name starts
with "."

Any suggestions


With thanks
Alec

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:52:42 +0100, ship <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Please excuse a slightly dumb question, but how can I get my FTP
> browser to display a ".htaccess" file? I have tried AbsoluteFTP (v1.9)
> and FileZilla (v2.2.24b) and Dreamweaver v8.
>
> I *can* see a local copy of the file, and I can see names like
> "jan.htaccess" but it looks like I cant see any file whose name starts
> with "."
>
> Any suggestions

FileZilla: view- > show hidden files.

The FTP client has to send a 'LIST -la' instead of just 'LIST'
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ship wrote:

> I *can* see a local copy of the file, and I can see names like
> "jan.htaccess" but it looks like I cant see any file whose name starts
> with "."

Files that start with a dot are, by convention, hidden on UNIX systems.
You need to set your FTP client to show hidden files. Exactly how to do
this depends on the FTP software.

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Rik wrote:
> The FTP client has to send a 'LIST -la' instead of just 'LIST'

Je m'excuse, LIST -a already does the trick.
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"ship" <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Please excuse a slightly dumb question, but how can I get my FTP
> browser to display a ".htaccess" file? I have tried AbsoluteFTP (v1.9)
> and FileZilla (v2.2.24b) and Dreamweaver v8.
>
> I *can* see a local copy of the file, and I can see names like
> "jan.htaccess" but it looks like I cant see any file whose name starts
> with "."
>
> Any suggestions
>
>
> With thanks
> Alec
>
Hmmm well, the file should be named just .htaccess.
You would be better off just downloading the file off the server and then
just opening it locally and then just double click on the file and open it
with NotePad, or some other text editor.
Or if you use CoreFTP, http://www.coreftp.com you can just double click on
the file and check the box to edit it.
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