Recent Version History

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.

2004-08-25

• New function to duplicate remote files. Implemented natively only for SCP protocol as SFTP does not have the functionality. With SFTP the command can open secondary shell session, like with Open Terminal (and other functions), to perform the duplication.
• Function to create new file and open it in default editor.
• Remote recycle bin may be configured for session. Deleted and overwritten files may be optionally moved to defined remote directory.
• During synchronisation user may optionally request confirmation before each change.
• Path label above file panel is now click-able. User may click on any part of the path to enter that directory (Norton-Commander interface only).
• Size of the translation files reduced by 40% (more than 200 kB each).
• New filename modification option: lower case only DOS names (8.3).
• On startup program checks for obsolete temporary folders. If it finds any, it offers user their deletion. Obsolete directories maybe also deleted manually from Cleanup window (see Tools button on Stored session tab of Login window).
• Confirmation option “Exiting application on operation completion” affects now also, whether confirmation is shown once upload invoked using Explorer’s “Send to” menu is finished.
• When importing stored sessions from Putty, default values are used for options not set by Putty (like transfer protocol).
• In file panel, when horizontal scroll bar is hidden, left and right arrow keys moves selection to first and last file respectively (Norton-Commander interface only).
• Bug fix: With some specific devices, prompt to insert media was shown just before the main windows of application was displayed (Norton-Commander interface only).
• Bug fix: The check for obsolete default translation files failed to display complete error message when the translation file was really very old.
• Bug fix: When drive (like USB memory stick) was attached or detached the local directory tree was not refreshed, making the new drive inaccesible from local panel (Norton-Commander interface only).
• Bug fix: Remote path history was corrupted, when directory was changed using directory tree.
• Bug fix: Assertion error in attempt to use “Desktop” or “My documents” in local path drop-down menu.
• Bug fix: Under specific circumstances application failed when closed, while having some editors still opened.
• Bug fix: Error message was shown in infinite loop, when error occured in attempt to open file in an external editor.
• Bug fix: Small problems with Kerberos authentication.
• Bug fix: Local recycle bin could not be left using “..” link (Norton-Commander interface only).
• Bug fix: Setup failed to detect that the application is running during upgrade.

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