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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 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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| List Window |
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| Status Window |
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|Prompt> Input Window |
+---------------------------------+
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.