CurlFtpFS

FTPFS allows one to mount the FTP folder as a regular directory to the local directory tree.

= Installation =

In order to use this method, it is necessary to have the FUSE support on the system and install the net-fs/curlftpfs package.

emerge -va net-fs/curlftpfs

= Mounting =

As a regular user
First, create a mount point: mkdir ./ftp

Then mount the necessary catalog from the server to this mount point: curlftpfs ftp://server/catalog/ ./ftp/ -o user=username:password,utf8