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- * README file for JavaFTP version 1.0 *
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- For the latest information and help for JavaFTP, see the web page at
- http://www.princeton.edu/~dragones/JavaFTP/
-
- This is the final release of JavaFTP 1.0. All standard disclaimers
- apply about using this software at your own risk, etc.
-
- JavaFTP is a full-featured FTP client written entirely in Java.
- The code is written to behave identically on all platforms that
- support Java, but since all Java implementations are not the same,
- there will be some differences. We have done our best
- to work around these "differences".
-
- We have done testing on both Win32 and Solaris platforms.
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- HOW TO RUN JAVAFTP
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- You need a Java VM installed on your machine to run this application.
- Your VM needs to be version 1.0.2 (we have not tested beta 1.1).
- You can download Sun's JDK for most platforms at http://www.javasoft.com/
- For the Win32 platform (Win95/NT), we recommend using Microsoft's VM.
- This can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/java/
-
- Unzip the compressed file that you downloaded and be sure to maintain the
- directory structure. You must then add the location of JavaFTP to your
- CLASSPATH. With Sun's VM, this is done through environment settings; it
- is done through the Registry with Microsoft's VM.
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- Then simply type:
- 'java JavaFTP' to invoke JavaFTP. Note that case matters. Microsoft's
- interpreter is called jview, so if you are using it you would type
- 'jview JavaFTP'.
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- BUGS, KNOWN ISSUES, WARNINGS
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- Some important things to note:
- * There is no confirmation dialog for Delete, Rename, RmDir etc
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- * Sessions are saved in a file called javaftp.dat. Currently, the
- password field is saved in CLEAR TEXT in this file. So anyone
- can open this file and read your passwords. We are currently
- investigating encryption algorithms to properly store this
- sensitive data.
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- CONTACTING US
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- WE WANT FEEDBACK!!! Tell us what you think...suggestions, questions,
- problems, etc. If at all possibly, email both dragones@princeton.edu
- and joeross@princeton.edu, otherwise, emailing one of us is fine.
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- Thank you for using JavaFTP.