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* This is a beta version of NcFTP *
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Thank you for helping test the program.  At this point I am interested in
feedback from experienced users.  If you're a newbie to UNIX and/or NcFTP,
please use version 2.4.3.

I'd like to hear if there are any problems, relating from outright crashes
down to problems you may have building and installing the program.  I want
to have any problems nailed down before going un-Beta.

I am *especially* interested in hearing from people who need to use ncftp
through a firewall or proxy -- this code hasn't been tested much and it
may not work!  So please let me know if it works or not, and which type
of firewall-type you are using in the ~/.ncftp/firewall file.

New betas will be uploaded without notice, so keep checking for the latest
beta version.

Thank you!
Mike Gleason
ncftp@ncftp.com



Beta Change Log:
===============

Beta11, 1998-05-10:

+ Another problem with Auto-resume-downloads fixed.

+ The xterm title setting feature is now configurable from "prefs" and
  is off by default.

+ Problem fixed where files newer than the current date could be listed
  as the year before.

+ Small firewall support problem fixed.


Beta10, 1998-05-03:

+ Several problems with Auto-resume-downloads fixed.

+ Several problems with Redial fixed.  It is on by default -- let me know
  the specifics if it fails.

+ Problem fixed where a multiple get would try re-downloading files
  over and over again.

+ Problem fixed where if a multiple get failed the files that were downloaded
  successfully were deleted.

+ Bug fixed where "get -R" would create files as directories.

+ Master source drive lost -- some things had to be restored from backup
  and rebuilt entirely (such as the configure script stuff).  So, many things
  which were fixed may suddenly be un-fixed again.

+ Readline completion works with local directories and remote symlinks.

+ NcFTP recovers better from aborted transfers.

+ New signal handling, which will hopefully have the same behavior across
  platforms.

+ A few minor firewall problems fixed.

+ You can now have system-wide firewall settings stored in /etc/ncftp.firewall
  and /etc/ncftp.firewall.fixed, if you create them from a ~/.ncftp/firewall
  file.

+ You can now spool transfers to FTP servers on non-standard ports.

+ NcFTP now changes your xterm window title.

+ Bug fixed with spool files using the firewall's IP number.

+ ncftpbatch now works on case-insensitive filesystems.

+ configure's readline check now runs the test program to be sure it was
  linked correctly.


Beta9, 1998-01-25:

+ Bug fixed that was introduced in b8 that caused a crash after a transfer.

+ Readline completion with <TAB><TAB> should work better.

+ Bookmark lookups changed to full bookmark name only.

+ Configure bug where scanf("%qd") wasn't checked right.


Beta8, 1998-01-18:

+ Bug fix that broke the firewall support that used to work in Beta 6.

+ Bug fixes with RESTarting.

+ Smarter about using 64-bit or 32-bit mode (long longs or longs).

+ Yet another firewall added.

+ Fixes for HP-UX.

+ Readline 2.1 dependency worked around, so that Readline 2.0 is useable.

+ Unsupported -J flag added to use an ACCT name.

+ Uses NcFTPd's new "CLNT" command to specify FTP client type.

+ Hack so "open -u host" works like it did in earlier versions of NcFTP.


Beta7, 1997-12-28:

+ Should now be able to retrieve very large files (> 2 gig), depending
  on the libc and OS.

+ Namespace collision with GNU libc fixed (errno field).

+ get -R xxx now creates a ./xxx directory instead of dropping xxx/* 
  in the local directory.

+ New firewall type added.

+ Many file completion tweaks.

+ Another bug fixed where ASCII mode was getting turned on.

+ If you use a firewall, the firewall is now responsible for resolving
  host names.

+ Bug fixed with bgget/bgput with absolute pathnames.

+ Plug frequency reduced.

+ Bug fixed where command-line switches were not overriding bookmark settings.

+ Bug fixed where "set" commands were not taking effect until the current
  connection was closed.

+ StatBar progress meter revised.

+ ncftp_batch back-off revised.

+ ncftpget transfer type bug fixed.


Beta6, 1997-11-21:

+ Bookmark command bug fixed.

+ Bug with bookmarks fixed that could save the transfer type as ASCII.

+ Symlink hidden command added (only works with NcFTPd).

+ Including man page for ncftpls

+ Mkdir dirties cache

+ site and quote fixed


Beta5, 1997-11-19:

+ Fixes for AIX 4.1

+ Bug in put -R fixed.


Beta4, 1997-11-18:

+ Bug fixed that caused pdir/pls to act like ls.

+ Fixes for SunOS.

+ ncftpls added.

+ The philbar is back; you can now choose it as a progress meter
  if you don't like the statbar.

+ Checking for ncftpbatch before trying to run it.


Beta3, 1997-11-17:

+ Try not to use Readline when it is older than 2.0, or when its headers
  aren't installed correctly.

+ Fix for get -R, which could cause a crash during the post-downloading
  cleanup.

+ A little extra tracing for the firewall code.


Beta2, 1997-11-15:

+ Fix for unrecognized ls flags that would cause a crash.

+ NcFTP 3.0 prefers GNU Readline version 2.1, but it should now also
  work with version 2.0.

+ A few portability/lint fixes.
