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06-23-96 Release 2.3.0.OS2 Release 1 - First Non-Beta Release
Unfortunately, I have not had much time to work on NcFTP,
so I am releasing the first non-beta release, which includes
full source code.
02-17-96 Release 2.3.0.OS2 Beta 9
o Fix: The new 'auto-reget' feature added in Beta 8 broke
the forced overwrite function. This has been fixed
and the auto-reget code has been enhanced to be a
little smarter.
o Fix: No longer filter out DBCS. This enables chineese
characters to be displayed properly. Please let
me now if there are still problems.
o Add: Added firewall.txt document. This better documents
how to run NcFTP behind a firewall or gateway.
o Chg: NcFTP is now much smarter about determining your
home directory (where it places it's config files).
If you have a conflict with the HOME environment var,
you can use NCFTPDIR instead.
If you do not have a HOME or NCFTPDIR environment var
set, NcFTP will default to the ETC environment variable.
If it is not set, NcFTP will display a warning message
that it cannot find a home and will not save preferences.
o Fix: In the last release, I thought I had fixed the problem
with pag *.txt not pausing between files. Under certain
circumstances, this still didn't work. It should now
function properly.
o Chg: If you change your download directory in the prefs screen,
NcFTP immediately changes to that new directory.
o Chg: Changed the .SUBJECT extended attribute to be an ftp URL
showing where the file was ftp'ed from.
o Chg: Before, NcFTP would query the file system, if it was
not equal to HPFS it would use FAT naming conventions.
Now, NcFTP checks if FAT, if not, uses long names.
o Fix: Local directory commands such as LLS were broken
when using CMD.EXE as the shell.
02-03-96 Release 2.3.0.OS2 Beta 8 - Public Beta
o Fix: Although the original documentation from the Unix
version of NcFTP v2.3.0 claimed that reget was automatic,
it was never implemented in the code. Reget support is
only there if you specify the -C switch on the get command.
I have added support for automatic reget and it should work
without adding the -C command line switch. If there are
any problems with this, please let me know.
o Fix: Passive mode did not work properly for those running
behind a firewall. I believe this is fixed now, if
not PLEASE let me know.
o Fix: page *.txt when using more.com as the pager would not
pause at end of the file.
o Fix: Bookmark editor allows you to jump to host names by
using uppercase letters. This did not work properly
when bookmark names had uppercase names.
o Fix: bdir would not reset the output to stdout when host
transmission was interrupted. Output would go to the
second window.
o Fix: Prefs - Redial Pause time would default to 60 seconds
when you specified 0 as the delay time.
o Add: Added a new 'hidden' option: background-fullscreen
If you added 'background-fullscreen 1' to your prefs
file, all b* commands (bdir, bpage, etc), will spawn
a full screen session instead of a window.
o Add: F1 key will now call "view ncftp.inf" from within NcFTP.
o Fix: Under certain conditions, editing the bookmarks file
would cause the program to trap.
o Fix: All keypad keys now work.
o Fix: When lines wrapped, NcFTP would not properly count them
and you would loose a line from the display.
o Add: Included an icon for NcFTP in the release archive.
01-27-96 Release 2.3.0.OS2 Beta 7 - Public Beta
o Chg: Moved NcFTP Documentation to an OS/2 .inf file.
o Chg: Improved NcFTP's process semaphore handling.
o Fix: More work to be done on Ctrl-C from redial. I made it
better in earlier betas, but it still has some problems.
o Fix: NcFTP would open files in ASCII mode on systems that
do not support the SIZE or MDTM commands.
o Fix: NcFTP no longer requires GNU File Utilities to work.
It now uses OS/2's internal commands (or 4OS2's).
o Fix: pls and pdir caused a [Hit Return] to be printed
when it was not necessary.
o Fix: If you do a 'forced reget' on a site that does not
support this command, the Stat Progress Meter would
not display the correct download count.
o Enh: Added 'quiet-mode' to preferences file.
When set to 1 (TRUE), it will supress all beeps that
NcFTP uses to alert you of something.
To turn this option on, you must manually edit the
$(HOME)\.ncftp\prefs file and put the line:
quiet-mode 1
Sorry, but I'm out of room on the preferences screen!
o Chg: When aborting a long directory listing, NcFTP actually
has to complete the transfer. I have added a msg
that displays when you hit 'q' stating that the transfer
is aborting.
o Enh: Added option to hosts editor to Save Directory on Exit.
Each time you log into an ftp site, the directory you
were last in is saved. If you do not want NcFTP to
save the last directory, and always use the directory
specified in the 'Directory' field, set 'Save Dir on
Exit' to 'NO'.
o Add: Wrote a small utility to convert your old v1.9.3 ncrecent
file into a v2.3.0 ~/.ncftp/bookmarks file.
This utility will add to, not delete your existing bookmarks
file.
Pgm Name: ncf-1to2.exe
01-22-96 Release 2.3.0.OS2 Beta 6 - Public Beta
o Fix: Changed error message on domain name not found to
tell user to set domain name.
o Fix: Ctrl-C would exit NcFTP.
o Fix: When re-dialing, you would have to hit Ctrl-C multiple
times to stop re-dialing. Also, it would sometimes
completely abort NcFTP.
01-21-96 Release 2.3.0.OS2 Beta 5
o Enh: NcFTP is much smarter when dealing with command shells.
If you simply do a ! to shell to OS/2, it will not prompt
you to [Hit Enter], but if you run a command, it will
pause so you can see the output.
Also, it automatically senses when you are using the
the OS/2 more.com command and will always prompt you
to [Hit Return] when it finishes.
o Fix: When using the OS/2 more command for your pager, files
were being transfered in binary mode, not translating
the LF to a CRLF, causing the screen to be unreadable.
o Enh: Added transfer mode to all status meters.
o Fix: If NcFTP cannot determine the HOSTNAME, it will
search the environment for HOSTNAME=???? and use
that value as the hostname.
If NcFTP cannot determine the DOMAIN, it will
search the environment for DOMAIN=??? and use
that value as the hostname.
o Fix: lpage * would