Welcome to S-FTP version 1.08 (or simple FTP)! . The author of this software is Keith Cotroneo. I call S-FTP Week-End-Ware ....because I really only have time to work on it during the week ends. . I am a Dean at a college in Oregon. Computers are a hobby of mine and lately I have spent some time on the Internet. The FTP utilities that I have tried have not suited my needs very well and Web browser don't work well for batch downloads. So I wrote this program for my own use. . What I wanted was something that would allow me to: . *logon the popular ftp sites without hassle *read .txt information about files in the directories easily *perform batch downloads *do an occasional upload . S-FTP does those things for me. . If it works for you, you are welcome to use it with the following provisions: . 1) There is absolutely no warranty with this software. You use it completely at your own risk. This means that you agree that if you use the software and it somehow screws up your system or you lose files, that is your problem, not mine. 2) You understand that this software was developed using the RXFTP package and agree to the additional license arrangements listed in the license.txt file. 3) You MUST register after 15 days of use of this product. To do so, send me email or snail mail telling me your name, address, email address, and then please provide comments on how I should improve the product. I *do* use suggestions to make changes. I can be reached below: . cotroneo@mailman.tvcc.cc.or.us or Keith Cotroneo 661 SW 5th St. Ontario, OR 97914 4) If you distribute the package to others, you must give them the whole Zip file. 5) You may not sell this software product to anyone. . . Changes in S-FTP since version 1.00: 1) Text files in the Directory List are now loaded to the viewer by single clicking on the file to highlight it and then clicking the view push button. 2) The Download List may now be populated from a viewed text file. This works for files such as the Hobbes 00index.txt files. For this function to work, the filename must be in the first position in the line of the text file. 3) While files are downloading, you can now continue to populate the download list box. You can download files while you are viewing the directory list or 00index.txt files in the viewer and continue to transfer file names to the Download List. Files will be downloaded in the order of transfer to the download list. 4) Lengthy processes, such as logon and downloading are now placed in separate threads. This makes the application much more responsive and doesn't lock the application while processes are completed. 5) Added download path setting and config menu option. 6) Added Delete Host and Add Host buttons to allow configuring the host list. 7) Added several progress indicators to tell the user what is happening. 8) S-FTP will now download files from outside the current remote directory. You can build the download list from various directories or 00index.txt files. The download list will remember paths to those files and retrieve them when you download. 9) Added capability to configure host user name, password, default directory. 10) Improved the logon process. It is more streamlined and provides better progress reporting. v1.05 11) Added upload capability. v1.06 12) Added capability to resize the main SFTP window. 13) Added audible beep to signify completion of download list. 14) Added date/time sort button for directory list. 15) Added auto date/time sorting check box for auto sorting whenever the directory list is updated. 16) Added double click .txt files to viewer check box option. 17) Changed the directory list default font to system monospace. *NOTE: all of the 1.06 changes were made at the request of users. I have more and I am working on them. v1.07 18) Fixed the date sorting routine. It didn't work right. Now if the Date Sort box is checked, the directory list will be downloaded in descending date order. v1.08 19) Added back up directory button <<. 20) Increased directory text box character capacity. . To use S-FTP: 1) Unzip the S-FTP.ZIP file to the directory in which you want the product to reside. 2) Copy the file rxftp.dll to a directory in your DLL path. 3) Edit the hosts.txt file to include any hosts that you visit. 4) Create an object on the desktop if you want one. 5) Start your tcp client or internet connection. 6) Run S-Ftp by typing sftp at the command prompt or by clicking the object. 7) Click on the Config menu, choose Path, type in download path setting in the textbox, click change button, double click upper left of window to close. 8) Double click on the host name you wish to visit. 9) Click the logon button and wait for the connection. When connected, the root directory listing will load into the directory list box. 10) Review limitations section at end of this help file. . To add new hosts: 1) Click Add Host. 2) A window pops up, complete the required information for the Host. 3) Click the Add Button to save the information. 4) Click Done to exit the window. . To delete hosts: 1) Highlight the host in the Host listbox that you want to delete by single clicking on it. Click the Delete Host button. The host is removed from the listbox. . To change a directory: 1) Double click on the directory in the directory listbox to which you want to change (english, can you believe it?), or enter the directory in the Directory textbox and click on the Dir Button. . To back up to a parent directory: 1) Click the << button. . To date/time sort a directory listing: 1) Click the Date Sort check box. 2) Now, when directory lists are downloaded, they will be sorted in descending date order. * This function was requested by users to make it easy to check an /incoming directory and see the newest files first. . To download files: 1) Double click on the file(s) in the directory listbox that you want to download. 2) Each file will be transfered to the download listbox. 3) When you are done choosing files, click on the download button to begin receiving the files.They will be placed in the directory specified by your path configuration in the config menu. 4) When the list is cleared, all your files have been transfered. *Note: effective in version 1.02, you may continue to build the download list while downloading is in progress. New files added to the download list while downloading will be transfered in the order appended to the download list. or If you are downloading from a site, such as Hobbes, that maintains file listing descriptions in text files (ie. 00index.txt), you can add files to the Download List from a viewed text file. To do so: 1) Highlight the text file (ie. 00index.txt) in the Directory List by single clicking on it. 2) Click the View button to load the text file into the viewer. 3) Double click on the files in the viewer that you wish to transfer to the Download list. *Note: effective in version 1.02, you may continue to build the download list while downloading is in progress. New files added to the download list while downloading. . To delete files from the download list: 1) Double click on the files in the Download Listbox that you want to remove. or 3) Click on the Clear List button to remove all files. . To view text files on a remote site: 1) Single click on a text file in the directory listbox to highlight the file that you want to view. 2) Click the View push button. *Note the view push button will only act on files in the directory list. Files in the Download list are not affected. or 3) Click the .txt Dblclick check box. 4) With the .txt Dblclick check box selected, a double click on a file in the directory list with a .txt extension will automatically load the file to the viewer. This feature was requested by a user. . To upload a file: 1) Single click on the Upload menu. 2) Single click on either Ascii (if text file) or Binary (executable). 3) Choose the file from the file dialog. Click OK or double click on the file. 4) In the next upload window, click Yes. 5) Wait for the upload to conclude. No file progress checking is shown. 6) If the upload is successful, the directory list will be downloaded. . To conduct simultaneous uploads, downloads, etc.: 1) Begin your first upload or download with SFTP. 2) Load a second copy of SFTP. 3) Initiate your second upload or download. . Limitations: 1) The download progress indicator only works when the download path is set to an HPFS drive. If anyone has a rexx routine that will check file size on a FAT drive while the file is open, please email it to me. 2) One user reported difficulty downloading files from a direct network connection. If you use this software directly of a network, instead of through a modem, please let me know how it works for you off the network. 3) Currently, SFTP is set up to handle Unix servers. Other server types are not supported. . Well, that is pretty much it. Let me know how things go. . Keith Cotroneo cotroneo@mailman.tvcc.cc.or.us Updated February 10, 1996