Add ftp backend - fixes #540

docs/content/about.md

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Rclone is a command line program to sync files and directories to and from
   * Yandex Disk
   * SFTP
   * The local filesystem
+  * FTP
 
 Features
 

docs/content/docs.md

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ See the following for detailed instructions for
   * [Microsoft OneDrive](/onedrive/)
   * [Yandex Disk](/yandex/)
   * [SFTP](/sftp/)
+  * [FTP](/ftp/)
   * [Crypt](/crypt/) - to encrypt other remotes
 
 Usage

docs/content/ftp.md

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+title: "FTP"
+description: "Rclone docs for FTP backend"
+date: "2017-01-01"
+---
+
+<i class="fa fa-file"></i> FTP
+------------------------------
+
+FTP support is provided via
+[github.com/jlaffaye/ftp](https://godoc.org/github.com/jlaffaye/ftp)
+package.
+
+### Configuration ###
+
+An Ftp backend only needs an Url and and username and password. With
+anonymous FTP server you will need to use `anonymous` as username and
+your email address as password.
+
+Example:
+```
+[remote]
+type = Ftp
+username = anonymous
+password = john.snow@example.org
+url = ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub
+```
+
+### Unsupported features ###
+
+FTP backends does not support:
+
+* Any hash mechanism
+* Modified Time
+* remote copy/move

docs/content/overview.md

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Here is an overview of the major features of each cloud storage system.
 | Yandex Disk            | MD5     | Yes     | No               | No              | R/W       |
 | SFTP                   | -       | Yes     | Depends          | No              | -         |
 | The local filesystem   | All     | Yes     | Depends          | No              | -         |
+| FTP                    | None    | No      | Yes              | No              | -         |
 
 ### Hash ###
 
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ operations more efficient.
 | Yandex Disk            | Yes   | No   | No   | No      | No  [#575](https://github.com/ncw/rclone/issues/575) |
 | SFTP                   | No    | No   | Yes  | Yes     | No      |
 | The local filesystem   | Yes   | No   | Yes  | Yes     | No      |
+| FTP                    | No    | No   | No   | No      | No      |
 
 
 ### Purge ###