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Pierre de LESPINAY
Pierre de LESPINAY

Reputation: 46208

gedit - FTP editing keep alive

I'm using gedit with Ubuntu to edit files through FTP.
I have bookmarked a FTP connection with the Ubuntu integrated functionnality (Connect to Server)
I can use it to edit files with gedit, but I didn't find a way to set any timeout or keep alive option.
So I have to refresh a Nautilus page on my bookmark to awake the connection each time.

What can I do ?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3444

Answers (5)

DarckBlezzer
DarckBlezzer

Reputation: 4794

I prefer using crontab(my computer not in the server...), works on Ubuntu 22.04.4 and GNOME nautilus 42.6

this works only when there is one o more connections

example:

* *     * * *   myuser   ls /run/user/1000/gvfs/sftp* &>/dev/null

Upvotes: 0

ABHi
ABHi

Reputation: 474

Support for FTP and SFTP

#!/bin/bash

while true
do
    #10.10 and earlier
    ls /run/user/$UID/gvfs/ftp* &> /dev/null
    #for SFTP
    ls /run/user/$UID/gvfs/sftp* &> /dev/null
    #11.04+
    ls /run/user/$UID/gvfs/FTP* &> /dev/null
    #for SFTP
    ls /run/user/$UID/gvfs/SFTP* &> /dev/null
    sleep 15
done

Upvotes: 0

chimeraha
chimeraha

Reputation: 451

The following code has worked wonders for gedit-ing via nautilus ftp for ubuntu 13.04 and ubuntu 14.04 (originally from here and here)

edit:

/etc/sysctl.conf

add these lines:

net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time = 60
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl = 5
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_probes = 6

save and reboot system.

Upvotes: 1

flexgrip
flexgrip

Reputation: 81

Using FileZilla is ok for a one-time transfer. The problem is that once you get used to how easy it is to edit files over a mounted network connection, applications like FileZilla are not an option. In fact, it would probably double or triple the time it takes to jump on a server and edit a quick file.

You are correct in saying there is no keep alive option in the gvfsd-ftp package. At least not one I can find. I did however find a simple bash script that would help out.

#!/bin/bash
while true 
do
    ls ~/.gvfs/ftp* &> /dev/null
    sleep 15 
done

No credit for me. I found this posted at launchpad

Just run it at startup. On ubuntu you can just chmod a+x and run it as a startup app. Since there is a sleep timer, obviously you wouldn't want to run it multiple times in cron.

Upvotes: 5

BZ1
BZ1

Reputation: 1322

You probably need to write a custom Nautilus cript. Check this SourceForge page.

Alternatively, you could use FileZilla and set gedit as the default editor. When FileZilla detect that you have saved a file, it will automatically update the FTP server.

Upvotes: 0

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