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Projektlinks

• Homepage

Befehle und Aliase

• yafc

Projektgeschichte

The current upstream repository preserves YAFC's older copyright lineage: the main program copyright is attributed to Martin Hedenfalk for 1998-2001, while renewed maintenance from 2011 is credited to Carles Pages, Sebastian Ramacher, and Josh Heidenreich. The GitHub repository was created in 2011 and is the current source-control home cited by the package.

The NEWS file shows the tool evolving from a traditional FTP client into a broader file-transfer shell: 1.0 added cache timeout and SFTP conveniences, 1.2.0 moved SFTP transport to libssh and added IPv6, and the 1.3 line removed Kerberos 4 while keeping Kerberos 5-era support.

Adoptionsgeschichte

YAFC's adoption has been modest and Unix-admin oriented. Its feature set reflects the workflows of users who still need scriptable or interactive FTP-family access but want readline-style navigation, persistent bookmarks, recursive transfers, and queued operations instead of a bare `ftp(1)` session.

Wie es verwendet wird

Typical use is interactive: connect to an FTP, FTPS, SSH/SFTP, or proxied endpoint, navigate with completion and cached directory listings, and run recursive get, put, remove, list, or FXP-style transfers. The README also calls out nohup mode, tagging files for later transfer, local command redirection, and autologin/bookmark support.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

YAFC is a small example of a once-common package category: terminal FTP clients that added comfort features before web UIs, cloud object storage CLIs, and ubiquitous rsync/SSH workflows displaced much FTP usage. It remains interesting mostly as a compatibility and operator-convenience tool.

Zeitleiste

• 1998-2001: The preserved copyright notice attributes YAFC's main early implementation to Martin Hedenfalk.
• 2011: The current GitHub repository was created and the maintained copyright block begins.
• 1.2.0 era: The NEWS file records libssh-backed SFTP transport and IPv6 support.
• 1.3.0 era: Kerberos 4 support was dropped while the codebase was cleaned up for more modern C tooling.

Related projects

• YAFC sits near traditional `ftp(1)`, lftp, ncftp, FileZilla, and OpenSSH SFTP workflows, but with a narrower interactive terminal-client identity.

Quellen

• https://api.github.com/repos/sebastinas/yafc
• https://github.com/sebastinas/yafc#readme
• https://github.com/sebastinas/yafc/blob/master/COPYRIGHT
• https://github.com/sebastinas/yafc/blob/master/NEWS