[Qt-interest] FTP Server

[Petric Frank]

Hello Christian,

Am Mittwoch 03 März 2010 13:53:11 schrieb Christian Dähn:
> >>>Why can't you use existing FTP servers (ProFTPd, wu-ftpd, pure-ftpd)?
> >>
> >>I need a special processing of the submitted files. They should not be
> >> placed as files on the disk. I have to process them in memory.
> >>Do the ftp servers you listed above provide this facility ?
> >
> >I suppose you coluld use RAM disk or another protocol. AFAIK, FTP is
> > _File_ Transfer Protocol Just my $0.02
> 
> I' ve the exactly same problem - I need a Qt based FTP server to process
>  incoming special files directly in memory (for performance reasons and
>  memory usage one must prevent any unnecessary copy and i/o operation).
> 
> Currently I'm using a modified a public domain C++ server where I removed
>  the code for saving files and replaced it by Qt stuff -- but this is not
>  what I want - because I'm struggling with QThread / QTimer issues (both
>  don't work nicely in non-Qt-classes) and the server has too much features
>  and isn't maintained any more :-(
> 
> So: If anybody has the idea to develop a leighweight Qt based FTP server,
> I'm willing and able to help.

I may take the task to put some code togethger. I have first to analyze how a 
ftp session works. I know there are some RFCs, but it seems that some ftp 
clients use some derivation ...
Especially the active/passive method of file transfers have to be taken into 
account.

> Best Regards,
> Chris
> 
> PS: Not every problem can be solved by Google ;-)

;-)

regards
  Petric