Functions
- Directly Open, Edit and Save on server files.
- Save the local file or directory to server(upload and backup option)
- Download the file or directory from ftp server.
- Compare a local file server file.
- Remote directory open to workspace (Beta version)
Available commands
- config - Set the ftp connection information.
- open - Open the file directly from ftp server and when you save upload it to the ftp server.
- save - File or directory upload to ftp server.(Available from the context menu)
- download - Download the file or directory from ftp server to the workspace.
- diff - Compare a local file server file.
- Remote directory open to workspace - (Beta version) Open the directory directly on workspace from the ftp server. Similar to remote synchronization.
(Caution : So remote delete a files is only possible using 'Delete' in the context menu)
Caution
Be sure to check the console(Ctrl + Shift + U)("OUTPUT -> ftp-simple") for a response to the all action.
Startup Settings
- Press 'F1'
- Enter 'ftp-simple'
- Pick 'CONFIG'
- Enter ftp connection information and save
Config setting example
See the easy-ftp details.
- name - string - Display name.
- host - string - server domain or ip.
- port - number - (option) port (Default: : 21)
- type - string - (option) ftp type. 'ftp' or 'sftp' (Default: : 'ftp'). If 'ftp' does not work, try 'ftp2'.
- username - string - username for authentication.
- password - string - (option) password for authentication.
- privateKey - string - (option) (only sftp) String that contains a private key for either key-based or hostbased user authentication (OpenSSH format) Default: none
- passphrase - string - (option) Use sftp 'privateKey' only. For an encrypted private key, this is the passphrase used to decrypt it. Default: none
- agent - string - (option) (only sftp) Path to ssh-agent's UNIX socket for ssh-agent-based user authentication. Important: Windows users: set to 'pageant' for authenticating with Pageant or (actual) path to a cygwin "UNIX socket." Default: none
- agentForward - boolean - (option) (only sftp) Set to
true
to use OpenSSH agent forwarding (auth-agent@openssh.com) for the life of the connection. agent must also be set to use this feature. Default: false
- secure - boolean - (only ftp) Explicit FTPS over TLS, default: false
- secureOptions - object - (only ftp) Options for TLS, same as for
tls.connect()
in Node.js.
- path - string - (option) remote root path. Default: '/'
- autosave - boolean - (option) To determine whether the automatically uploaded when you open a file directly and modify and save. Default: true
- backup - string - (option) The local path you want to back up before file saving on the server. (this should be the path to local github)(on windows device make sure any
\
in file path are replaced with \\
)
- confirm - boolean - (option) Only save option. When you save the file, ask if you want to overwrite the file if it already exists.. Default: true
- project - object - (option) Only save option. Pre-specify local workspace path and server root path to save directly without selecting a path. Overwrite unconditionally.
- ignore - array - (option) Only 'Remote directory open to workspace' option. Path to be ignore. Use glog pattern. (Caution : server path (ex:
/home
) + ignore pattern (ex:/**/node_modules
) => /home/**/node_modules
)
Example
[
{
"name": "my server1",
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"port": 21,
"type": "ftp",
"username": "id",
"password": "pw",
"path" : "/"
},
{
"name": "my server1 with tls",
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"port": 21,
"type": "ftp",
"username": "id",
"password": "pw",
"secure" : true,
//"secureOptions" : {"rejectUnauthorized": false, "secureProtocol" :"TLSv1_2_method"},
"path" : "/"
},
{
"name": "my server2",
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"port": 22,
"type": "sftp",
"username": "id",
"password": "pw",
"path" : "/",
"autosave" : false
},
{
"name": "my server3",
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"port": 21,
"type": "sftp",
"username": "id",
"password": "pw",
"path" : "/home",
"confirm" : false,
"backup" : "C:\\backup",
"project" : {
"c:/projects/project1" : "/home/user/project",
"c:/projects/project2" : {"path":"/home/user/project2", "save":true} //When the "save" value is "true", save immediately without confirm
},
"ignore" : ["/**/node_modules", "/**/*.class"]
},
{
"name": "my server4",
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"port": 22,
"type": "sftp",
"username": "id",
"password": "x",
"agent": "/run/user/1111/keyring/ssh",
"path": "/",
"autosave": true,
"confirm": false
},
....
]
Remote Config(option)
"File - Preferences - Settings" and type in the format shown below.
- ftp-simple.remote-workspace - string - (option) You can modify the local workspace path when you open a remote file. Modify this option if remote file encoding is not UTF-8.(VSCode appears to have encoding recognition bugs if the workspace path is longer.)
- ftp-simple.remote-workspace-load-all - boolean - (option) Indicates whether all files are loaded during initial run. If false, the sub folder ([DIR]) will load when it is clicked. Default: true
Example
"ftp-simple.remote-workspace" : "c:/remote-workspace",
"ftp-simple.remote-workspace-load-all" : true