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3.7.1
2004-10-31
- SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.56. It brings following changes:
- Security fix: the vulnerability reported by iDEFENSE is fixed. See details.
- Several other changes.
- Added support for UTF-8 encoded filenames for SFTP protocol version 4 and newer.
- WinSCP returns exit code 1, when any command in console mode is interupted due to an error or any prompt is answered “Abort” (even automatically in batch-mode).
- Setup application can add WinSCP installation folder to search path (%PATH%). Thanks to Marco Barisione for his add_path tool.
- New upload option “Clear source file ‘Archive’ flag”.
- Command “Open in PuTTY” can optionally send password to PuTTY. When the option is on, the password must be kept in memory.
- Usage of option –full-time with LS command is configurable (SCP only).
- When the server does not support resolving symbolic links (SFTP version 2 and older), the double-click on regular file (possibly symlink) makes WinSCP try to open directory with the same name.
- Removed no longer useful button “Retry” from “timeout” message.
- Warning is shown when user stores session with filled password.
- %XX in URLs are decoded. Plus sign (+) is converted to space.
- New option to swap panels in Norton Commander interface.
- When LS command does not list anything, error messages are shown even if “Ignore LS warning” option is turned on (SCP only).
- Added command “Create directory” to context menu of file panels.
- Solved all compiler warnings when compiling WinSCP using makefile.
- Bug fix: When SFTP server incorrectly replied with packet SSH_FXP_STATUS with “success” status, WinSCP tried to decode the packet as if it were packet of expected type in some cases.
- Bug fix: Backspace changed to parent directory even during in-place renaming of file.
- Bug fix: Missing quote in sample custom command “File Compare”.
- Bug fix: Keyboard shortcuts for file selection (Grey */+/-) do not beep anymore.
- Bug fix: Ctrl+C on message dialog has omited some new lines.
- Other small changes and fixes.
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3.7
2004-10-13
- Scripting/automation.
- Custom commands enhanced:
- New pattern !& for remote commands to insert space separated list of selected files. Only one command per selection is executed. The pattern cannot be combined with pattern !. Sample command “Tar/GZip” now uses the pattern as well as new sample command “Grep”.
- New option “Show results in terminal”. Used by new sample command “Grep”.
- Custom commands can be executed locally on temporarily downloaded files.
- Local custom commands can be executed on pairs of remote (temporarily downloaded) and local files (Norton Commander interface only). New sample command “File compare” uses the option. Replace simple “fc” command with your favourite diff tool.
- New command-line parameters /synchronize and /keepuptodate. Both have two optional arguments for local and remote directory. If parameter is preceded by stored session name, it is opened automatically. Otherwise login dialog is shown.
- For SCP protocol the directory is read with –full-time option to get second-precision timestamp (necessary for synchronisation). When the reading of the first directory fails (for whatever reason), the directory is reloded without the option and the option will no longer be used. Next version will include option to control the behaviour manually.
- “Host hasn’t answered for X seconds” message disappers itself once the response finally arrives.
- WinSCP can be now compiled using Personal edition of Borland C++Builder 6.
- New browsing shortcuts:
- Alt-Left and Alt-Rigth to browse backward and forward.
- Back/forward buttons on some mouses supported (Microsoft Intellipoint particularly).
- Support for Back, Forward, Reload, Home and Favorities buttons on multimedia-keyboards.
- SSH core upgraded to current development snapshot of PuTTY. It brings following changes:
- Support for CHAP (digest-based) authentication when talking to SOCKS 5 proxies. Configures itself transparently (if the proxy offers CHAP it will use it, otherwise it falls back to ordinary cleartext passwords).
- Negotiated SSH-2 MAC algorithm(s) are mentioned in the Event Log.
- OSU_1.5alpha4 added to list of known servers with bug “Chokes on SSH1 ignore messages”. Now it is possible to login to the server with the respective bug-option set to default value “Auto”.
- Several other bug fixes.
- Bookmarks and location profiles changes:
- Buttons to switch between bookmark and location profile modes.
- Local path box has history drop-down.
- Reordering bug fixed.
- Support for “dd mmm yyyy” format of “ls” command output (for example Mac OS X 10.3 Panther).
- With SCP protocol -p option is used with “cp” command to preserve attributes when duplicating files.
- Parameter /help shows command-line option overview.
- For entering the initial remote directory the directory changes cache is not used to guarantee that the initial directory really exists on the server.
- New popup menu for blank space on file panels with some common directory commands (reload, etc.).
- Directory tree node automatically expands itself when selected.
- Direction switch on synchronisation dialog separated from other options to emphasise that its state is not stored, when “Use same settings next time” is checked.
- Button “Cancel” on “Cleanup application data” dialog renamed to “Close”, so, when invoked during uninstallation, it does not make impression that it cancels the whole process.
- Fixed bug in SCP protocol “dummy command” keepaliave mode.
- Bug fix: If the option “Preview changes” was stored in preferences for “Synchronize” command, it affected incorrectly the “Keep up to date” command too.
- Bug fix: When uploading using drag&drop, confirmation was required even when it was turned of.
- Bug fix: For SFTP protocol, directory content cannot be read, if the server provides extended file attributes (e.g. IBM zOS).
- Bug fix: Backslash in username caused bookmarks not to load.
- Bug fix: Refresh command on disconnected session aborted the application.
- Bug fix: On Windows XP the keyboard accelerators as well as focus rectangles and similar were not shown sometime. On the other hand, the system-wide option “Hide keyboard navigation indicators until I use the Alt key” is now ignored.
- Bug fix: For SCP protocol, after cached directory change to no-longer existing directory, the file panel preserved its previous contents.
- Bug fix: Initial state for “Use the same settings next time” check on Synchronize dialog was undefined.
- Bug fix: When creation of local directory failed, no error message was displayed.
- Bug fix: When download using drag&drop in “Temporary directory” mode finished while the computer desktop was locked, the download failed, and it was no longer possible to use drag&drop.
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