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Documentation of
Cab-FTP
von
Manfred Ssykor
Httenstr. 46
D-52068 Aachen
Tel: +49-241-953703
Fax: +49-241-953705
eMail: ms@ac3.maus.de (no Mails >16kb)
eMail: msy@lafp.tng.oche.de (no Maillimit)
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Cab-FTP
ToDo
Development of this program...
History
Cab-FTP
*******
Cab-FTP is a FTP-Client for use under STiK (STiNG not tested!). BUT
STOP! Is is not a 100%-Client!! But it is on it's way ;)
Cab-FTP is designed to be installed under Cab. Go in the dialogue
"Internet clients" in the "Options"-Menu. Install Cab-FTP for "FTP".
Support VA-Start must be set of actually. Later i'll change this.
Remark: You can use Cab-FTP without Cab too!!
Everytime when you're browsing a WWW-Page and you click on a URL which
begins with "FTP://" (instead of "HTTP://" for WWW) Cab will start
Cab-FTP and Cab-FTP then get's the File for you (hopefully ;-)).
A file to get must be given via commandline. A correct call (correct
ftp- url) is
ftp://ftp.uni-muenster.de/pub/atari/test.dat
You can give a Textfile via commandline with
f:\include.dat
Note the " " at the beginning. Each line of this file must have a
correct ftp-url. All lines are read and then Cab-FTP gets all files
for you. One after the other...
NOTE: A correct FTP-URL _must_ include the "ftp://"!!
Cab-FTP does not have any kind of configuration inside the program.
You must setup the INF-File manually. See example and edit it to your
wishes.
Last remarks: If the URL is a directory and not a file Cab-FTP can be
fall into a endless loop. To go out of this loop press the Alternate-
key for a longer time (5 to 10 seconds) and then Quit the program
(Contrl-Q). Don't "play" with the alternate-key while Cab-FTP is
working!! IT STOPS ALL ACTIONS AND CLOSES THE CONNECTIONS!
ToDo
****
Oh, there is a lot to do actually. ;-)
Development of this program...
******************************
Cab-FTP is Shareware! Actually i used more than 50,- DM of
telephonebill! It is used to program my work. Most functions i must
check online. Then fixing a little bug, another test online, found
another one... and so on. Cab-FTP is shareware now to help me paying
my phonebill.
But: there are NO restrictions in Cab-FTP. You can test it for two
weeks for free! After this two weeks you must deside; pay or not pay.
The sharewarefee for Cab-FTP is 15,-DM (for germans) or 8 pound (rest
of world).
You can copy Cab-FTP like you want! Put it on your homepage, put it
together with other programs on a CD-Rom or a Public Domain-Disk, put
in on a ftp-server, copy it to a friend... NO PROBLEM!
The Copyright is still mine (Manfred Ssykor)!
Development is not garanteed! In first line I have written Cab-FTP for
myself! If you have any suggestions or wishes. Write me an eMail (see
top of this file for adress) and i'll have a look what i can do.
And now; it's up to you to make good suggestions, sending bugreports
or whatever.
History
*******
!item V0.21 (beta 3) as of 07/26/97
ù The Configuration is now a binary-file and it is renamed to CAB-
FTP.MDL (REMOVE your CAB-FTP.INF! You don't need it anymore)
ù The program is renamed to .APP (.PRG before). This is needed for
the next feature.
ù If you want to use Cab-FTP in Cab you should install it in CABs
MODULES-Folder. NOW you can get Informations about Cab-FTP from
Cab using the "about"-Feature... (To see it, use "about:plugins"
as URL you want to get). :-)
ù Infodialogue implemented. Here is a little specialfeature...
Watch out for it!! (hallo Q-Funk ;-))
ù V0.20 (beta 2) as of 07/25/97
- The complete configuration is now inside Cab-FTP
- You now can define FTP-Server. You can enter adress (name or
numeric IP), default path after login, username to use to
login, password to use to login. And last but not least; you
can select wheter this server should be used with a
anonymous login or not.
- You now can browse online. Select a host from the list and
press Control-O (or Menuentry). Cab-FTP then logs you in and
change the Path to the default-directory (if any).
All files from this folder is displayed in a GEM-Window then
and you can select.
Doubleclick on a File gets this file. Doubleclick on a
folder opens it and Cab-FTP gets the directorylisting of
this folder. It would be displayed... and so on...
To go back one directory you can use the ".."-Folder. To go
back to the ROOT ("/") you can use the "."-Folder. But
attention; Using the "."- Folder is dangerous. I must insert
some errorhandlings there... Use ".." more times for the
moment!!
While retrieving a file Cab-FTP DON'T accept all available
errorcodes atm!! ATTENTION! If this happens to you: Abort
Cab-FTP with pressing Alternate for a longer time. Then quit
the program ans send me the LOG-File Cab-FTP has written. In
most cases the last 10-15 lines should be enough.
- In my last tests sometimes the host don't got the command
from Cab-FTP. I must send it again and then the host reacts
to it (and, mostly; to the first command too).
If Cab-FTP has stopped working you can send the last command
when you press the Control-Key. Cab-FTP send the comand
again and wait for you to release the Control-Key. Sometimes
it yould be that you then get an error "not able to build
data connection" or something similar. Ignore it! In this
case the host get your command twice but Cab-FTP only accept
it once.
- Roy suggested a faster download-speed. Hmm, my last tests
here have had a cps of approx. 1600 (on a 14.4k-Modem). I
don't think that i can make it faster... Please test again,
Roy!
- Roy said that a second copy of Cab-FTP (under MagiC) stops
the first one. This one i have not tested yet, roy. It could
be that this happens to you now too! Next release, ok?
- A lot of errorhandling must be included to create a stable
program. I need some bug-reports from you to do these
errorhandlings.
- anyway: if Cab-FTP stop working and you don't know why; send
me the LOG-File Cab-FTP has written. This can help me much!!
Please compress it with ZIP or Lharc before UUEncoding.
- You now can open a "local host". local means here that you
must have a INDEX-File of a ftp-server. Cab-FTP can browse
through this INDEX- File and you're able to browser though
it like you are online on this host. >ou can doubleclick on
a file and this one would be written to a "batch" (CAB-
FTP.BAT). The batch can be started when you are online and
then Cab-FTP gets all files listed in the batchfile.
Actually you must give the batch via commandline to
"execute" it. Later there will be an menuentry for this.
- I hope i don't forgot an new feature to list here... It's up
TO YOU to send me bug reports now! For the first beta i got
TWO mails. One from Roy and one from Dan. It's not much,
guys!
ù Changed the "@" to " " to get a file with URLs inside via
commandline. You now must use
c:\get_this.dat
instead of
@c:\get_this.dat
on the commandline. I have changed it cause you cannot enter the
"@" as first char in a GEM-Dialogue (like the one to enter the
commandline some desktops gives). " " is better for this.
ù V0.01 (beta 1) as of 07/18/97
- First release for open betatest.