Installation guide for Mac OS edition

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Installation guide for Mac OS edition

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* Installation
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Wing FTP Server Mac OS edition ships in a gzipped tar archive. You can extract it with the following command line:
tar xzvf wftpserver-mac-i386.tar.gz

That will extract the files from the package into a directory named "wftpserver". Change your current working directory to this directory via command:
cd wftpserver

Then launch the setup script via command:
sudo ./setup.sh

When installation is completed, you can launch web browser and open "http://YourServerIP:5466" for the web administration. Here, 5466 is the default web admin port, you can change it during the installation.


* Quickstart Guide
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Please check the help manual here: https://www.wftpserver.com/help/ftpserver/aoe.htm


* How to upgrade?
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 cd "Parent folder of WingFTP's folder"
 curl https://www.wftpserver.com/download/wftpserver-mac-i386.tar.gz -o wftpserver-mac-i386.tar.gz
 tar xzvf wftpserver-mac-i386.tar.gz
 sudo /Library/StartupItems/WingFTPServer/WingFTPServer restart

* How to start WingFTP service?
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Go to WingFTP's installation folder and execute: sudo ./wftpserver
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Or you can start WingFTP service via command: sudo /Library/StartupItems/WingFTPServer/WingFTPServer start


* How to stop WingFTP service?
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You can stop WingFTP service via command: sudo /Library/StartupItems/WingFTPServer/WingFTPServer stop
Or execute the command "shutdown" in the administration console:
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* Uninstallation
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Stop the WingFTP service first, then remove the installation directory of Wing FTP Server.
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