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How to use vifm as FTP client?

I followed instructions here, but I'm confused. It's not intuitive. It doesn't tell where to put those script. Even this one doesn't tell to. I've tried to put the script in /home/user/.vifm/vifmrc and /home/user/.vifmrc, it still doesn't work. Anyone can give step by step instructions?

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  • You're referring to the step by step instructions, but probably you're not very familiar with such configuration systems. ~/.vifm/vifmrc is the right place to put :filetype command, it should take effect after you restart Vifm (simplest way to do it). Then it should work when you try to open .ftp-file, if not post the error you get. If file opens in Vim rather than connecting to a remote host, then your configuration isn't OK. To make sure you use the right file check output of :echo $MYVIFMRC command in Vifm.
    – xaizek
    Feb 23, 2015 at 15:24

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  1. Install curlftpfs -- apt-get install curlftpfs
  2. Create file <ftp-file-name>.ftp
  3. Add following text to file: -o user=<username>:<password> <hostname>:
  4. Start vifm, navigate to your .ftp file and press [enter]

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