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- Directory Opus 5 FTP module history
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- 17-Jul-95 - 'CD' button for invisible or case-dependent dir names
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- 18-Jul-95 - getreply() rewritten - should now work with ftp.microsoft.com
- - Now supports Read, Show, Play, Print, Run commands etc
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- 19-Jul-95 - Fixed problem which caused some dates (on ftp.microsoft.com)
- to show as 'Future'
- - FTP reply codes are no longer shown if Debug is set to 0
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- 20-Jul-95 - 'CacheList', 'DeviceList', and 'ScanDir' buttons and commands
- now work
- - Now shows requester if AmitTCP has not been started
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- 28-Jul-95 - Directory caches are discarded if 'abort' pressed
- - Entering the same name as the current dir in the path requester
- causes a 'ReRead' to occur
- - Filenames containing spaces now work
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- 30-Jul-95 - Resume implemented for get and put
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- 31-Jul-95 - Rename hidden file checks lister first
- - Renamed hidden files are not added to lister if a filename is
- only different by case, already exists, or the size is not known
- - Lister locked during CD operations
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- 2-Aug-95 - Attempts to detect the server's system type even if it doesn't
- support the SYST command
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- 3-Aug-95 - 'Set' command to change logname, debug level, timeout, (LIST
- command soon)
- - 'Command" command to send commands directly to the server
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- 15-Aug-95 - 'CopyReq' now works with full paths (only uses FilePart though)
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- 17-Aug-95 - Dir cache was invalid if list was aborted
- - lister process always named 'dopus_ftp_lister' no matter how its
- launched
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- 27-Aug-95 - Changed version string from OpusFTP to ftp.module
- - Increased password length from 32 to 64 characters
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- 1-Sep-95 - callback functions now used to get Opus port and screen names
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- 3-Sep-95 - Directory listing has now sped up to the speed of the
- command-line ftp
- - lister display is now updated every second instead of every
- file
- - File transfer requester now swaps between file name and number
- of bytes transferred/total bytes every 2 seconds
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- 5-Sep-95 - Arexx commands for AddressBook, CD, Command, Connect, Delete,
- SetVar, and Quit replaced with built-in module/ipc commands
- - Built-in commands can now take arguments
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- 7-Sep-95 - 'CopyAs' implemented
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- 8-Sep-95 - Added locale support
- - 'Root' now works properly for AmigaDos
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- 18-Sep-95 - Unix files beginning with a dot now have their 'h' bit set
- - Fixed bug which could cause progress indicator to show huge
- amount of bytes transferred for small files when abort has been
- pressed.
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- 19-Sep-95 - fixed potential bug which could queue multiple abort signals
- - fixed bug which prevented Opus from fully quitting after using
- ftp
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- 22-Sep-95 - Now deletes destination files after a get where no bytes were
- transferred
- - MakeDir now supports a 'NAME' argument (not using ReadArgs)
- - Unix symbolic link entries are now the colour of devices if
- they don't look like dirs
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- 24-Sep-95 - Added UPDATESECS config option and variable
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- 25-Sep-95 - Unix symbolic link entries are now the colour of assigns if they
- #113 do look like dirs
- - Arexx Copy and Rename commands now fully replaced by internal
- FTPCopy + FTPRename commands
- - CPS rate is displayed during transfers
- - Replace requesters altered to match Opus internal ones
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- 26-Sep-95 - Drag and drop was temporarily broken
- #114 - CPS rate fixed
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- 2-Oct-95 - 'Replace' and 'Skip' were exchanged in the Resume requester
- #115 - Transfer rate numbers are now displayed in Megs, K's, or bytes
- - Getting a Unix soft-link would add the file to the destination
- as an assign
- - The abort signal is now checked before each transfer instead of
- after
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- 06-Oct-95 - On very fast machines 'lister set busy' didn't work first time
- #116 so the polling is back in
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- 11-Oct-95 - Unix symbolic link entries are now added with type -3 & 3, same
- #117 as Amiga hard links
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- 12-Oct-95 - Replace requester only asks 'all files?' when more than one
- #118 remains
- - Replace requester no longer assumes 'skip all' from the standard
- replace requester (the one without the 'resume' option) means
- skip resumable files too
- - Removed the '->' symbol from Unix symbolic links (no longer
- needed)
- - Changed format of the history file to the same as Opus :)
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- 20-Oct-95 - Password requester no longer remembers the previous password for
- #119 security
- - Minor changes made to catalog file Okay -> OK, ' bytes ' ->
- - 'bytes'
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- 28-Jan-96 - Added error 13 - 'Permission denied'
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- 01-Feb-96 - Converting progress meters to 5.1165 style
- #120
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- 07-Feb-96 - Now shows name of file being transferred when iconified
- #121
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- 08-Feb-96 - Password is now shown as asterisks for greater security
- #122 - 'ftp' is now a synonym for 'anonymous'
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- 22-Feb-96 - Added support for AS225 socket library. In ftp.config you should
- #123 add a line:
- LIB [ AMITCP | AS225 | INET ]
- Where AS225 and INET are synonyms. If you use MLink then you can
- choose either option. If you leave out this line OpusFTP will
- first look for AmiTCP and, failing that it will look for AS225.
- If anybody can check this with different AS225 implementations
- it would be much appreciated.
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- 26-Feb-96 - In the *next* version of Opus, the ftp command template options
- #124 will be visible in the '{}' listview of the function editor -
- try it when it arrives.
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- 05-Mar-96 - Moved the version string to the beginning of the file.
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- 06-Mar-96 - The 'inactive command is not supported' requester no longer
- #125 appears.
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- 19-Mar-96 - Implemented asynchronous transfers for 'get' operations. Now
- #127 much faster.
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- 20-Mar-96 - Directory scanning is now also asynchronous.
- #128
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- #129 - Fixed bug which was interfering with aborts on asynchronous
- operations.
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- 27-Mar-96 - Changed addressbook requester title from 'phonebook' to
- #130 'addressbook'
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- 01-Apr-96 - Downloaded files now have the same datestamp as the original
- #131 on the FTP site.
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- - Addressbook requester now appears even if config file doesn't exist
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- 09-Apr-96 - Changed CONFIGFILE from "Dopus5:FTP/ftp.config" to
- #132 "Dopus5:System/ftp.config"
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- 09-May-96 - Displays server error messages in requesters for failed operations
- #134
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- 13-May-96 - Simplified the Address Book entries in the ftp.config file to
- #135 "ANONYMOUS=ANON/S,USERACCOUNT=ACCT/S,ALIAS/K,HOST,ADDRESS=ADDR/K,
- PATH=DIR,USER/K,PASSWORD=PASS/K"
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- You can now create an anonymous entry as:
- ftp.wustl.edu /pub/aminet
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- And a user account entry as:
- foo.bar.com /home/fred USER fred
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- 15-May-96 - If the initial path cannot be CWDd to, its parent is tried. This is
- #136 useful when interfacing Opus FTP with a web browser such as AWeb.
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- 21-May-96 - Quitting Opus FTP now causes all operations to be aborted immediately.
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- 22-May-96 - Added the NOW keyword to the FTPQuit command. This will cause all
- #137 operations to be aborted immediately. Without this keyword, the
- current operations will be allowed to complete before Opus FTP is
- shut down.
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- 24-May-96 - Copy now takes the standard template "NAME,TO,QUIET/S,UPDATE/S"
- #139 and supports the NAME and TO keywords, QUIET and UPDATE are ignored
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- 30-May-96 - CopyAs template now supported
- #142
- - Delete template supported including quiet switch
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- - MakeDir template supported including selcect and read switches
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- - Problems identified and fixed regarding aborting - please test this
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- - Now supports the 'Select Destination' requester
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- - Added missing error requesters for file transfers including local
- errors as well as server errors
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- - Problem regarding default logfile opening incorrectly fixed
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- 31-May-96 - Will now attempt to use the toolbar named 'toolbar_ftp' for all FTP
- #143 listers
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