This help file should be used with version 3.0.3 of Fetch.
This version has the following new features and bug fixes:
Since 3.0.2:
Ñ Fixed a bug in the View File command that would drop the first character of the file being viewed.
Since 3.0.1:
Ñ Added ╥Resume Download╙ command for restarting partially completed transfers.
Ñ Fixed a bug in uploading multiple files (the ╥There is no connection in place╙ error).
Ñ Added a transfer buffer size preference, for faster throughput on fast networks.
Ñ Worked around Finder bugs in dragging over QuickDraw GX printers or to PowerTalk desktops.
Ñ Fixed a problem with ╥sticky╙ Open Transport connect errors that required closing the New Connection dialog.
Ñ Improved Open Transport connect error reporting slightly.
Ñ Fixed an obscure bug in BinHex decoding.
Ñ Fixed a bug with MacBinary decoding in background when no download folder is set.
Ñ Fixed a bug with cancelling the View File command.
Ñ Fixed the directory pop-up menu for NT servers.
Ñ Fixed bugs in the SOCKS support.
Ñ Added support for Netware 4.x servers.
Ñ Fixed bugs in downloading VMS directories, and listing empty VMS directories.
Ñ Improved suffix mapping for VMS file names with version numbers.
Ñ Fixed a bug in the handling of mistyped shortcut passwords.
Ñ Improved Internet Config support (.txt and.binary file mappings).
Ñ Improved the Set Permissions command.
Ñ Incorporated Stuart Cheshire╒s NaturalOrder sorting algorithm.
Ñ Improved launch performance on systems with many fonts.
Ñ Improved robustness of MacBinary decoding.
Ñ Added support for uploading text files with non-Mac line endings.
Ñ Added example Apple Event source code.
Ñ Added support for the AppleShare IP FTP server.
Since 3.0:
Ñ Fixed a bug that caused Fetch to crash on 68000-based machines (e.g. Mac Plus, SE, Classic, and PowerBook 100).
Ñ Fixed a bug that truncated some file uploads on machines running Open Transport.
Ñ Added a ╥Don╒t use Open Transport calls╙ preference as a workaround for as-yet-undiscovered bugs in the Fetch Open Transport code.
Ñ Fixed a bug that put Fetch into an infinite loop when a window close box was option-clicked.
Ñ Added a ╥Don╒t use proxy or SOCKS for╙ preference for specifying the domains inside a firewall.
Ñ Added a ╥Treat mystery items as files╙ preference for users connecting to MVS and Tandem servers.
Ñ Fixed a bug in handling AppleScript statements like ╥exists remote file "readme"╙; previously the statement was always considered true, now the statement will evaluate to false unless the named item is in the current file list.
Ñ Fixed a bug that kept Fetch from working over KSP (Dartmouth╒s own Kiewit Stream Protocol).
Ñ Added a ╥Use download folder╙ preference, to allow Internet Config users to disable use of a download folder.
Ñ Added support for the One-Time Password (OTP) system, specifically the otp-md4 and otp-md5 algorithms.
Ñ Removed the preference for using DD/MM/YY dates; the format specified in the Date and Time control panel is used instead.
Ñ Added an 'STR ' resource to hold the buffer size that Fetch uses for transfers. Users experimenting with very fast machines and networks may see improved performance (and memory consumption) by increasing the setting from 8192 to 65536 or more.
Ñ Fixed a bug that kept passive mode transfers (aka ╥PASV╙) from working.
Ñ Fixed a bug that kept Fetch from noticing that a busy server has dropped the connection.
Ñ Fixed a bug that caused crashes choosing the ╥Internet Config╙ menu item on 68000 machines.
Ñ Started using Internet Config for proxy server and SOCKS gateway preferences.
Ñ Added an ╥ignore cache╙ application property for use by scripts.
Ñ Fixed a bug in sorting bookmark lists by host, userid, and path.
Since 2.1.2:
Ñ Multiple connections.
Ñ Bookmark Lists (including a new shortcuts window).
Ñ Drag and Drop of files, bookmarks, URLs, text, and a few preferences.
Ñ AppleScript support: the GURL event, a sizable subset of the Anarchie suite, and a new object model-based suite, which is recordable.
Ñ Frontier Menu Sharing support.
Ñ Internet Config 1.1 support (including cmd-click URLs).
Ñ Support for SOCKS, S/Key, simple proxy servers, passive-mode transfers, and a user-settable TCP port range.
Ñ Redesigned preferences dialog and modeless dialogs throughout.
Ñ Anarchie emulation mode and various other new preferences.
Ñ Better support for WFTPD, NT, and CMS servers.
Ñ Improved URL support.
Ñ Lots of bug fixes.
Since 2.1.1:
Ñ Fetch 2.1.2 is a ╥fat╙ binary, with native code for both 680x0 and PowerPC-based Macintoshes.
Ñ Fetch now opens and saves Anarchie Bookmark (AURL) files. These allow quick access to specific files and directories on the Internet.
Ñ The Copy command now puts a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the selected items or the current directory (if nothing is selected) on the clipboard.
Ñ URLs can be used in the Change Directory, Get Directories and Files, and Get File dialog boxes. These make it possible to access files and directories on other servers with one command.
Ñ URLs and ╥slack╙ URLs of the form ╥host:path╙ can be pasted into the signon dialog and shortcuts dialog, for easier access to files and directories mentioned in email messages and news postings.
Ñ A new ╥Add Shortcut...╙ menu item allows the quick creation of a single shortcut.
Ñ There is a preference to control whether the signon dialog is automatically opened when Fetch starts up.
Ñ Cmd-Q quits Fetch even when the signon dialog is up.
Ñ Fetch can safely be launched into the background.
Ñ Fetch now provides notification whenever it completes a network operation in the background.
Ñ Fetch now launches post-processing applications into the background.
Ñ Fetch now remembers the window position of the signon dialog.
Ñ A bug in uploading files over slow links was fixed.
Ñ A bug in downloading binary files shorter than 128 bytes was fixed.
Since 2.1:
Ñ The connect dialog is now modeless and moveable, so you can switch applications without dismissing it.
Ñ AppleSingle version 2 is now supported.
Ñ File lists can contain up to 32,000 names (rather than 1,000).
Ñ Fetch no longer writes to nil (so it is compatible with EvenBetterBusError).
Ñ A problem with Cancel taking 2 minutes has been corrected.
Ñ A problem with Close Connection╔ hanging (when using ARA or MacSLIP) has been corrected.
Ñ The Send FTP Command╔ feature can now send file list commands (i.e. NLST and LIST).
Ñ The Send FTP Command╔ can automatically prompt for a password after a USER command.
Ñ Compatibility with Peter Lewis╒s FTPd has been improved.
Ñ Other minor 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 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).
