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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 try to display directory names.
o Fix: put * would try to send directory names.
o Fix: get -R * had problems on certain systems. I think
I have it working properly all the time.
o Fix: NcFTP was not always setting the local file time
to that of the server. It would set the local time
1 second less than the remote file, causing re-gets.
o Fix: mput or put with multiple files did not work. I
have fixed this in the code, but it requires that
LS.EXE be on your system. NcFTP gets it's file
info from the output of LS.EXE.
o Fix: lpage caused a [Hit Return] when it was opened in
another window. A few other stray [Hit Return]'s
were removed.
o Chg: The 'Escape' key now clears the input line like OS/2.
o Fix: The keypad Enter key now works.
01-19-96 Release 2.3.0.OS2 Beta 4
o Fix: I didn't completely fix the problem with local files
being closed when aborting a transfer. I believe they
are all fixed now.
o Fix: The Progress Stat Meter is now _REALLY_ fixed.
o Fix: Domain name not found error message removed and
a work around put into place.
o Fix: Timeouts after transfers. I have increased the timeout
period and this should solve the problem.
o Fix: Ctrl-C only worked on the first open command. It now
works every time.
o Fix: lpage command would not display in a separate window
when Pager in separate window was enabled.
o Chg: Now do a clear screen before calling shell.
o Chg: Added [Hit Return] after shell commands.
01-17-96 Release 2.3.0.OS2 Beta 3
o Fix: Local files were not closed properly when aborting
a transfer (only occured on sites that do not support
the ABOR command).
o Fix: Progress Stat Meter did not display the proper number
of bytes recieved when doing a reget.
o Fix: Could not perform a 'get' after an aborted get.
o Fix: Recursive gets on a FAT partition would store the
full path in the extended attribute.
o Chg: Talked with the original author, Mike Gleason and we
have reached an agreement on screen changes concerning
his name and copyright.
o Chg: No longer use the 'i.am.running' file to indicate NcFTP
is running. I'm using OS/2 semaphores, which works much
better incase one session crashes, there is no cleanup
required with semaphores, OS/2 closes them automatically.
o Add: Now write: "Retrieved from [hostname]" as the .SUBJECT
extended attribute. Nice to help you remember where
things came from.
o Add: Added 3 new items to the preferences screen:
Maximum Redials
Redial Delay
Pager in new window
Max Redials let's you set the auto-redial as the default.
If it is set to anything greater than 1, if you get a
'Max Users logged on' msg from the host, NcFTP will
automatically try again until it is logged in or hits
the maximum number of redials. This option is also
available on a per 'open' instance thru the open command.
Redial Delay is the amount of time to pause between
redials.
Pager in new window will start your pager program in a
separate window for all pager related commands, pdir,
pls, page, more, etc.
01-15-96 Release 2.3.0.OS2 Beta 2
o Fix: There were several places where / was being used on the
local directory or file paths. I've changed all these to \,
I hope. Also, the mkdir command was not working, it was
passing a -p command switch that is not valid for OS/2
environments. Gunter found this problem when doing a
get -R * on a directory, Good Work!
o Enh: This version is 'colorized'. You can now edit the colors
using the colors command. This creates a file called colors
in the ~/.ncftp directory.
Here's a description of the 4 types of windows you can configure.
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| Status Window |
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|Prompt> Input Window |
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o Borrowed some ideas from the original port (v1.9.3 by Steve Willer)
and added the following commands:
bpage
bls
bdir
bredir
These commands display items through your pager, except they
open a new window for the pager. Very nice for displaying
a large directory list in one window and then grabbing files
with NcFTP in it's window.
One anomoly I've noticed, on large directory listings or files,
you may need to page down to the end of the file before
NcFTP allows you to enter commands. It appears the whole transfer
must complete before NcFTP regains control.
01-13-96 Release 2.3.0.OS2 Beta 1
Completed initial port from Unix. The following features have been
added:
o Support for FAT partitions. NcFTP will create _ncftp directory
under the $HOME directory.
o File transfers to FAT partitions that do not conform to the
8.3 naming convention will have their names munged into something
that works for FAT. The original filename will be placed in
the files extended attribute.
o Local file directories will use \ instead of /.
o This version of NcFTP uses the ~ character as the escape
character. The unix version uses the \.
o Transfers will timeout just like the unix version. But,
I may have the timeouts set too low.