To simplify life for users that frequently need to access directories with long paths, WU-FTPD allows you to define directory aliases that can be used when changing to a different directory. This means that someone using a command-line FTP client can enter cd stuff: instead of cd /usr/local/etc/stuff, assuming that a suitable alias has been created.
To set up aliases, follow these steps:
Aliases are not particularly useful in graphical FTP clients that present the user with a directory listing on which to click. Because users do not (and often cannot) change to an explicit pseudo-directory like stuff: and aliases are not included in listings, they are hard to use. Command-like FTP clients like ncftp and the classic UNIX ftp program are more suited to using them.
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