lock & unlock - check-out & check-in files

[charlief]

I'm having difficulty either 1. finding an ftp client that supports a check-out/check-in protocol, similar to those used in software development; or 2. expressing what I want.

I have several users that have access to an ftp server. I want only one of them at a time to have access to particular files. I will have them all use the same ftp client.

I have no control over the ftp server that is used, so I want the clients to do the control. Dreamweaver and Contribute support this but are way overkill.

Thanks

Charlie

[bigRahn]

FTP is a transfer protocol, not a version control system. So I'd be interested in if you ever find this, since to me it sound like something you'd never find in an FTP package.

You may want to look at using Sharepoint.
Or put your VCS on a network drive that can be shared/accessed from where ever you need.