FTP - multiple threads per connection?

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mahdi1234
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FTP - multiple threads per connection?

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hi,

is there a way how to use multiple threads for one connection in TC? Or is there plugin which allows this?

Alternatively is this considered to be implemented in the future?

My current problem is that i'm kinda forced at work use tools like smart ftp etc which suck big times, but can upload four times faster than TC. Would be great if TC had multiple threads!

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Hi,
No, there is currently no way (except for manually starting many transfers in the background), nor is it planned, AFAIK. An FTP client is recommended for tasks that are faster using multiple threads.

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Hacker wrote:Hi,
No, there is currently no way (except for manually starting many transfers in the background), nor is it planned, AFAIK. An FTP client is recommended for tasks that are faster using multiple threads.

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This is not good, i have like the same problem, but why is there no possible way to implement this into TC is this so hard ir a problem with Licence or what ?
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Post by *ghisler(Author) »

This isn't done because it's a completely different working method! There are in principle two types of ftp clients:
1. Connection-based (like TC): Everything is done via one connection, all uploads and downloads. This is necessary e.g. for a server where the user has specific upload/download ratios, and for servers which do not support multiple connections at the same time from the same client. It's also necessary for servers which do not report their current directory, or not correctly (e.g. some exotic mainframes).

2. File-based clients (often called download managers): Here each file is downloaded in a separate connection, so it's possible to start multiple connections in parallel.
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Post by *golovan »

That would be a great new feature! If someone is a web-developer, like me, he is working with web-sites and it's much quicker to operate with several threads for small files... I guess it's not easy to add but please consider adding such option into some future version. Thanks!
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Post by *karnin »

+1
Downloading compressed backup files from ftp servers would be faster while multithreading...
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Post by *att3 »

+1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 +100 :D
I want faster up/downloads.... and only multithreading can do it!
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