Zugg Software :: View topic - Settings file FTP send/receive upon opening/closing profiles

Newbie Joined: 22 Nov 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Denver, CO

I constantly find myself zipping and emailing my settings files to myself or sending that ZIP file to an FTP site so I can maintain current settings at multiple locations (home PC & work PC).

I would like to suggest adding the ability into zMUD to automatically upload your settings files to an FTP server, and upon choosing to open a character file, have it pull the settings from the FTP server first. Within the editable properties of each connection, you could set the server name/ip, username, password, path, filename, and whether to automatically handle FTP connections, prompt first, or only do it manually from the File menu.

Also, make it optionally zip the appropriate files for that character (including inherited files) before uploading.

Please let me know your thoughts and the possibility of such a feature.

Enchanter Joined: 20 Nov 2002 Posts: 627 Location: USA

this might actually be able to be done useing some functions on Zmud right now, there is also another program I have in mind that can ddo this but I am just learning how to program that one.

Newbie Joined: 22 Nov 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Denver, CO

I have done it with 3rd party products, I just think it would be nice to have built into zMUD. Cool

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 1:01 am

#alias uploadsettings {uploadsettings;#ALARM +3600 {#FTP open hostname username password;#FTP put mudsettings.mud;#FTP close}}

this should work in theory, however i have not tested it :)

Wizard Joined: 15 Jan 2002 Posts: 1644 Location: USA

I also have a nice FTP plugin for zmud and if you are interested in financing my purchase of the zmud dev kit I can release it to the public :P *halo* *wishfull thinking*

Newbie Joined: 22 Nov 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Denver, CO

Thanks Kiasyn, I'll try that in the onclose (or whatever) event, but I would also like to retrieve settings before connecting to the server. Like when you double-click the icon, it will download the latest settings, then connect. When you choose file, close I want it to push the settings out to the FTP server again.