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- Short : FTP plugin v1.3 update for Aweb
- Uploader : panther@gate.net (Josef Faulkner)
- Author : panther@gate.net (Josef Faulkner)
- Type : comm/tcp
- Replaces : comm/tcp/awebftp.lha
- Requires : WB3.0 Arexx biz/demo/Aweb.lha util/cli/WBCopy.lha comm/tcp/FTPMount-1.0.lha
- Version : 1.3
-
- Description:
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- This plugin will allow you to do inline FTPing of files on the net,
- without the need to call an external FTP program (except FTPMount, which
- is transparent). It will distinguish between a directory and a file, and
- act accordingly.
-
- Features:
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- o Fast reaction, since FTPMount does a lot of cacheing of dirs
- o Asyncronous download (thanks to Aweb), you can continue browsing
- while it downloads, and Aweb will inform you when the transfer
- has completed!
- o Brings up a requestor to ask what you want to save as
- New for 1.1:
- o You can now upload to the directory if you type the name of a file
- in a form at the bottom of the list (or leave blank, and it will
- give you a requester asking for a file)
- o Make directories
- o Delete a file (only one at a time, currently)
- New for 1.2:
- o WBCopy command used to copy files w/ progress meter
- Thanks to Bastian H. Frank for developing this handy program!
- New for 1.3:
- o Much faster:
- o No longer parses list output, uses lformat to create listing
- o AmiFTP is now loadable from the inside!
- o Will detect if amiftp is already loaded, and go to the directory
- o Doesn't disconnect and reconnect if amiftp already has the host open
-
- Requirements:
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- FTPMount version 8 (or newer) must be installed and running
- available on Aminet:
- FTPMount-1.0.lha comm/tcp 109K Mounts FTP sites
- WBCopy (aminet/util/cli/WBCopy.lha) must be in your path
- Not only does this program solve the problem with softlinks, but
- it also gives a progress meter (a much requested feature)!
- (optional, but recommended)
- AmiFTP (from http://www.lysator.liu.se/~lilja/AmiFTP.html)
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- Installation:
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- 1) Put this script in the same directory that the Aweb executable is in.
- 2) Set Aweb to the following settings:
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- Network 3: External Programs
- ftp:
- Command: sys:rexxc/rx
- Arguments: awebftp.rexx %s %s %s <--- *** NOTE *THREE* %s's ***
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- 3) Put WBCopy in your path (ie C:)
- 4) Set your preferences for this script below:
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- Known Bugs:
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- Linked files are sometimes thought to be directories in AmigaDOS, and
- may wind up returning an empty directory listing instead of the actual
- file.
- I've attempted to correct this by checking if the link clicked on has a
- period in the name, if so, it assumes it's a file instead.
- Hopefully this bug is obsolete with the new copy program. Let me know if
- you find any URL's that this still happens on.
-
- Many people are getting "out of memory" errors. This should only be
- occuring on old versions of AwebFTP, and usually only when they forget
- to pass all three %s arguments in aweb's preferences.
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