How to edit files with VIM through FTP

Question

I'm trying to use: vim ftp://user@hostname// - this gives me a correct directory tree, but when I try to open given file, by pressing Enter, at the first time - nothing happens (just cursor jumps to the "control" line at the bottom of the screen), when I'm pressing Enter again, I'm getting:

  1 ftp: username.hostname: Ta nazwa lub usługa jest nieznana // Rough translation: This name or service is not known
  2 Not connected.
  3 Not connected.
  4 Not connected.

I changed username and hostname above.

I want to edit file through FTP, what I'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

I would attempt to launch vim and then from within edit a file over FTP.

:e ftp://[user@]machine/path/

The plugin to vim that provides this feature is called netrw, it's included with vim by default. I'd take a look at the documentation specifically this section: INTRODUCTION TO BROWSING. It describes how to browse directories remotely through FTP.