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- Documentation of
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- Cab-FTP
-
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- von
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- Manfred Ssykor
- Httenstr. 46
- D-52068 Aachen
- Tel: +49-241-953703
- Fax: +49-241-953705
- eMail: ms@ac3.maus.de (no Mails >16kb)
- eMail: msy@lafp.tng.oche.de (no Maillimit)
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- Inhaltsverzeichnis
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- Cab-FTP
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- ToDo
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- Development of this program...
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- History
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-
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- Cab-FTP
- *******
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- Cab-FTP is a FTP-Client for use under STiK (STiNG not tested!). BUT
- STOP! Is is not a 100%-Client!! But it is on it's way ;)
-
- Cab-FTP is designed to be installed under Cab. Go in the dialogue
- "Internet clients" in the "Options"-Menu. Install Cab-FTP for "FTP".
- Support VA-Start must be set of actually. Later i'll change this.
-
- Remark: You can use Cab-FTP without Cab too!!
-
- Everytime when you're browsing a WWW-Page and you click on a URL which
- begins with "FTP://" (instead of "HTTP://" for WWW) Cab will start
- Cab-FTP and Cab-FTP then get's the File for you (hopefully ;-)).
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- A file to get must be given via commandline. A correct call (correct
- ftp- url) is
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- ftp://ftp.uni-muenster.de/pub/atari/test.dat
- You can give a Textfile via commandline with
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- f:\include.dat
- Note the " " at the beginning. Each line of this file must have a
- correct ftp-url. All lines are read and then Cab-FTP gets all files
- for you. One after the other...
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- NOTE: A correct FTP-URL _must_ include the "ftp://"!!
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- Cab-FTP does not have any kind of configuration inside the program.
- You must setup the INF-File manually. See example and edit it to your
- wishes.
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- Last remarks: If the URL is a directory and not a file Cab-FTP can be
- fall into a endless loop. To go out of this loop press the Alternate-
- key for a longer time (5 to 10 seconds) and then Quit the program
- (Contrl-Q). Don't "play" with the alternate-key while Cab-FTP is
- working!! IT STOPS ALL ACTIONS AND CLOSES THE CONNECTIONS!
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- ToDo
- ****
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- Oh, there is a lot to do actually. ;-)
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- Development of this program...
- ******************************
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- Cab-FTP is Shareware! Actually i used more than 50,- DM of
- telephonebill! It is used to program my work. Most functions i must
- check online. Then fixing a little bug, another test online, found
- another one... and so on. Cab-FTP is shareware now to help me paying
- my phonebill.
-
- But: there are NO restrictions in Cab-FTP. You can test it for two
- weeks for free! After this two weeks you must deside; pay or not pay.
- The sharewarefee for Cab-FTP is 15,-DM (for germans) or 8 pound (rest
- of world).
-
- You can copy Cab-FTP like you want! Put it on your homepage, put it
- together with other programs on a CD-Rom or a Public Domain-Disk, put
- in on a ftp-server, copy it to a friend... NO PROBLEM!
-
- The Copyright is still mine (Manfred Ssykor)!
-
- Development is not garanteed! In first line I have written Cab-FTP for
- myself! If you have any suggestions or wishes. Write me an eMail (see
- top of this file for adress) and i'll have a look what i can do.
-
- And now; it's up to you to make good suggestions, sending bugreports
- or whatever.
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- History
- *******
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- !item V0.21 (beta 3) as of 07/26/97
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- ù The Configuration is now a binary-file and it is renamed to CAB-
- FTP.MDL (REMOVE your CAB-FTP.INF! You don't need it anymore)
- ù The program is renamed to .APP (.PRG before). This is needed for
- the next feature.
- ù If you want to use Cab-FTP in Cab you should install it in CABs
- MODULES-Folder. NOW you can get Informations about Cab-FTP from
- Cab using the "about"-Feature... (To see it, use "about:plugins"
- as URL you want to get). :-)
- ù Infodialogue implemented. Here is a little specialfeature...
- Watch out for it!! (hallo Q-Funk ;-))
-
- ù V0.20 (beta 2) as of 07/25/97
- - The complete configuration is now inside Cab-FTP
- - You now can define FTP-Server. You can enter adress (name or
- numeric IP), default path after login, username to use to
- login, password to use to login. And last but not least; you
- can select wheter this server should be used with a
- anonymous login or not.
- - You now can browse online. Select a host from the list and
- press Control-O (or Menuentry). Cab-FTP then logs you in and
- change the Path to the default-directory (if any).
- All files from this folder is displayed in a GEM-Window then
- and you can select.
- Doubleclick on a File gets this file. Doubleclick on a
- folder opens it and Cab-FTP gets the directorylisting of
- this folder. It would be displayed... and so on...
- To go back one directory you can use the ".."-Folder. To go
- back to the ROOT ("/") you can use the "."-Folder. But
- attention; Using the "."- Folder is dangerous. I must insert
- some errorhandlings there... Use ".." more times for the
- moment!!
- While retrieving a file Cab-FTP DON'T accept all available
- errorcodes atm!! ATTENTION! If this happens to you: Abort
- Cab-FTP with pressing Alternate for a longer time. Then quit
- the program ans send me the LOG-File Cab-FTP has written. In
- most cases the last 10-15 lines should be enough.
- - In my last tests sometimes the host don't got the command
- from Cab-FTP. I must send it again and then the host reacts
- to it (and, mostly; to the first command too).
- If Cab-FTP has stopped working you can send the last command
- when you press the Control-Key. Cab-FTP send the comand
- again and wait for you to release the Control-Key. Sometimes
- it yould be that you then get an error "not able to build
- data connection" or something similar. Ignore it! In this
- case the host get your command twice but Cab-FTP only accept
- it once.
- - Roy suggested a faster download-speed. Hmm, my last tests
- here have had a cps of approx. 1600 (on a 14.4k-Modem). I
- don't think that i can make it faster... Please test again,
- Roy!
- - Roy said that a second copy of Cab-FTP (under MagiC) stops
- the first one. This one i have not tested yet, roy. It could
- be that this happens to you now too! Next release, ok?
- - A lot of errorhandling must be included to create a stable
- program. I need some bug-reports from you to do these
- errorhandlings.
- - anyway: if Cab-FTP stop working and you don't know why; send
- me the LOG-File Cab-FTP has written. This can help me much!!
- Please compress it with ZIP or Lharc before UUEncoding.
- - You now can open a "local host". local means here that you
- must have a INDEX-File of a ftp-server. Cab-FTP can browse
- through this INDEX- File and you're able to browser though
- it like you are online on this host. >ou can doubleclick on
- a file and this one would be written to a "batch" (CAB-
- FTP.BAT). The batch can be started when you are online and
- then Cab-FTP gets all files listed in the batchfile.
- Actually you must give the batch via commandline to
- "execute" it. Later there will be an menuentry for this.
- - I hope i don't forgot an new feature to list here... It's up
- TO YOU to send me bug reports now! For the first beta i got
- TWO mails. One from Roy and one from Dan. It's not much,
- guys!
- ù Changed the "@" to " " to get a file with URLs inside via
- commandline. You now must use
- c:\get_this.dat
- instead of
- @c:\get_this.dat
- on the commandline. I have changed it cause you cannot enter the
- "@" as first char in a GEM-Dialogue (like the one to enter the
- commandline some desktops gives). " " is better for this.
- ù V0.01 (beta 1) as of 07/18/97
- - First release for open betatest.
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