This help file should be used with version 2.1 of Fetch.
This version has the following new features and bug fixes:
Since 2.0.6:
Ñ╩There are new commands to view files and file lists in text windows.
Ñ╩Fetch can optionally display size and date-last-modified information for files on most Unix servers.
Ñ╩Fetch windows can be resized, and Fetch remembers their position between sessions.
Ñ╩Fetch Help can be copied and printed.
Ñ╩Fetch can be configured to automatically open certain kinds of files, for instance compressed archives, with the appropriate applications.
Ñ╩Fetch can optionally save downloaded files to a special folder, without prompting you each time.
Ñ╩Fetch now supports Balloon Help and the required Apple Events.
Ñ╩The directory pop-up menu is now more Mac-like, showing just the ancestors of the current directory.
Ñ╩The Delete command now works with directories that have files or sub-directories in them.
Ñ╩Fetch will optionally display informational messages from the host.
Ñ╩The network transcript can be conveniently viewed in a separate window.
Ñ╩Fetch will now optionally translate between ISO and Mac character sets.
Ñ╩Many minor features were added and many bugs were fixed.
Since 2.0.5:
Ñ╩Changed About box to permit free distribution, updated help.
Since 2.0.4:
Ñ╩Fixed a bug with certain Unix servers that caused dates to show up in the file list.
Ñ╩Always shows icons (if only the file-or-directory icon).
Ñ╩Use condensed type to fit more of long file names in the file list.
Since 2.0.3:
Ñ╩Fixed a bug that caused certain commands to fail if Fetch was run on a system besides System 7.0.
Since 2.0.2:
Ñ╩Fixed a problem with the FTP server on Northstar IBM RTs.
Ñ╩Added an icon for names that might be files or directories.
Ñ╩Started displaying the names of Unix links in italics.
Ñ╩Fixed a bug that prevented use of the empty password.
Ñ╩Changed the Get File button to only download files (and not try to change directory first). Return, Enter, and double-clicking still try to change directory before downloading.
Since 2.0.1:
Ñ╩Put in explicit support for the NCSA Telnet and TCP/Connect FTP servers.
Ñ╩Fixed a problem with the mac.archive.umich.edu FTP server.
Ñ╩Fixed a rare bug in BinHex decoding and another in StuffIt! expansion.
Ñ╩Fixed a bug with putting a System 7.0 alias to MacTCP in the Control Panels folder.
Since 2.0:
Ñ╩Fixed a bug that required MacTCP to be installed in both the System Folder and the Control Panels folder under 7.0b4.
Ñ╩Fixed a bug that caused problems with spaces in Unix filenames.
Ñ╩Improved the algorithm for detecting BinHex lines.
Since 1.1.1:
Ñ Multiple files and folder hierarchies can be uploaded and downloaded.
Ñ╩StuffIt! archives can be automatically uncompressed.
Ñ╩The file list identifies files and directories with the familiar Macintosh icons for Unix, VMS, and CMS FTP servers.
Ñ╩Fetch can be customized to recognize certain file name suffixes and download matching files in the proper mode.
Ñ╩Support for uploading and downloading files in AppleSingle format was added.
Ñ Support for downloading files in MacBinary I format was added.
Ñ Interpretation of various file formats can be disabled in the Preferences dialog box.
Ñ Fetch can be told to keep connections alive (by regularly sending ╥do-nothing╙ commands to the server).
Ñ Users can send arbitrary FTP commands to the FTP server (such as the command specifying mini-disk passwords on CMS systems).
