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This is the first public beta of FiFTP a new FTP client for OS/2 that
is designed from the ground up for picking up fido mail/files via FTP.
How to install:
1) Copy the fiftp.exe file to somewhere in your path.
2) Copy the sample.cfg to the directory you expect to be invoking
fiftp from, and rename it to fiftp.cfg
3) Edit the .cfg file, making it specific for your site.
4) Make sure your internet connection is up.
5) invoke simply as 'fiftp' and let it do the rest.
Benefits to using fiftp:
1) Better error recovery and file retry than a typical FTP client.
2) You get a binkley style log.
3) The .BSY flag at the remote end is only up while files are being
delivered, and while the list of files to get is being retrieved
(FiFTP never does wildcard deletes, so the .BSY flag isn't needed
for the whole session.)
4) Files are deleted as they're retrieved, not at the end of the whole
session.
5) Onscreen progress indicators, so you're not left wondering what's going
on if you are watching a transfer.
6) Automatically processes the .HLO file for your remote end if you use
a binkley style mailer for your fido side. (Doesn't process other types
of mail, just .HLO (Hold) bundles.)
7) Pulls down files by priority, first the mail, then regular files, then
.TIC files, each group sorted by date/time.
8) It will make you a better person, so that children and dogs won't cross
to the other side of the street when you walk by.
Well, ok, maybe #8 was an exaggeration. :)
Note about transfer rates:
If you haven't been watching transfers over the net, you may be surprised
when you see that you will often get really low throughput. (I'm talking in
the hundreds of characters per second.) That's not that unusual, and you'll
find that throughput is directly related to several factors, all of which
are out of your direct control.
1) How swamped are your ISP's machines, and his network connection.
2) How many hops it takes to get to your ftp hub.
3) How busy the net is in general (the backbone routers).
4) How busy your ftp hub is (and how saturated his network connection is).
I've recently put in a ISDN 64000 bps connection to my ISP, and their
machines are lightly loaded. I can consistently get >6000 cps FTP'ing
from my ISP's machines. I still wind up with sessions that are 400-500 cps
session though, due to the other factors above. I've also seen sessions
that do better than 3700 cps though, which is a lot more fun. :)
The FIFTP echo is available from PAONLINE, and I highly recommend that you
pick it up if you are going to be using FIFTP, since the people that tested
it will be generally be there, I will be there, and it is the place that
questions will be asked, answered, and announcements will be made.
Thanks for trying FIFTP.
Mike Burgett
1:215/705
mike.burgett@cmnsens.zoom.com