kumarkumar Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 I have some ftp sites. I can open them only through browsers like IE,FF, but not through any ftp software (says timeout). Site urls are for example ftp://ftp.*.*.comIn this case how do I search for particular files without having to go through all folders & subfolders manually?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Unless you are using a plug-in (I do not know of any, sorry) I do not think a browser can do that for you. There are some search engines that do index FTP sites, last one was Lycos but I don't know if that one even exists anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheky Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Use google and specifysite:ftp.ftpsite.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumarkumar Posted May 25, 2010 Author Share Posted May 25, 2010 Unless you are using a plug-in (I do not know of any, sorry) I do not think a browser can do that for you. There are some search engines that do index FTP sites, last one was Lycos but I don't know if that one even exists anymore.Yep there are such search engines. Unfortunately they don't have an option to specify a particular site. They just index all open ftp sites that their robots come across. Use google and specifysite:ftp.ftpsite.comI tried this. Doesn't do what I want.Can't put wildcards. Only searches pdfs for some strange reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroshift Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Have you tried to open the sites through windows explorer, NOT an internet browser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allen2 Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 (edited) Did you tried this search engine http://www.filewatcher.com/ ?Just found a firefox addon: fireftp which seems to do this. Edited May 25, 2010 by allen2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumarkumar Posted May 25, 2010 Author Share Posted May 25, 2010 Have you tried to open the sites through windows explorer, NOT an internet browser?Yep, tried that. Unfortunately it does not allow file search.Did you tried this search engine http://www.filewatcher.com/ ?It doesn't allow to search any specific site.Just found a firefox addon: fireftp which seems to do this.I just installed and used it and then saw your post. It does just what I want. Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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