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SimpleFTP was developed by Rick Hodger (rick@simpleftp.co.uk), all the code for the FTP protocol is original and not based on any other program or source code. Some of the code used for accessing the TCP/IP interface was written by Rob Hutchinson.
All information regarding the File Transfer Protocol was gathered from RFC 959, and SimpleFTP tries to follow these standards as best as possible (You should note that SimpleFTP uses the "PASV" command to initiate file transfers, servers that do not support this command are not in accordance with the RFCs).
SimpleFTP is Copyright © 1999-2000, R Hodger. All rights reserved.
Noone involved with the creation of this product, can be held responsable for the use or misuse of any part of this archive/package.
No part of this archive can be distributed in an altered state, the archive must be kept as originally created, any alterations to either the archive itself, the contents of the archive or to any contained executables will be considered as reverse-engineering. Doing so is a breach of copyright.
Permission is granted for SimpleFTP to be distributed by AmiNet, either via electronic transmission or stored on media.
Permission is given to Wirenet Ltd. to distribute the WireNet version of this archive via hard media (Not electronically transmitted, that service to be provided by the author), but only to customers of their services.
Permission is granted to the "El Amiga me Encanta" project to include and distribute the SimpleFTP software package (including the SimpleFTP Homepage Wizard) on hard media, and electronically. They also have permission to translate any associated documentation without need to contact the author.
Distribution in any form is not permitted, without written permission from the author. Illegal distribution may result in legal action.
SimpleFTP is shareware. A lot of time, effort and rebooting has gone into SimpleFTP, anyone listed in the credits is welcome to claim a free copy. Registration costs UK£10, and I'm not going to go into all that business about "If after 30 days you haven't registered you must uninstall this software" crap, it annoys the hell out of me, so why should you have to put up with it?
Anyway, If you don't want to register, you don't have to. You'll have a full version of the program minus some important bits, and a time limit of 25 minutes. If you're happy using the unregistered version, then why should I force you to re-install the damn thing every month or so?
Back to the plot, if you want to register, send UK£10 or whatever your local equivelent is to:
Richard Hodger
10 Dermott Gardens
Comber
Newtownards
County Down
Northern Ireland, UK
BT23 5LH
Whereupon I will send you the information you need to unlock SimpleFTP.
Note: Unregistered version limitations are: Expert Mode Disabled, limited to 64 site entries (128 in full version), Anti-Idle is disabled and the entire thing automatically quits after 25 minutes. Same restrictions for the Wirenet version, except no time-out.
Information on online registration can be found at the SimpleFTP homepage, http://www.simpleftp.co.uk/
Wirenet Customers: An upgrade from the Wirenet version is only UK£5, but confirmation of your subscription to Wirenet will have to be made before the serial number is given out.
FTP stands for "File Transfer Protocol". This is method of transferring files between computers, usually across the Internet, and so requires that you have a TCP/IP stack of some sort.
This is also the usual method of setting up web-pages and web-sites, files are created locally and then transfered to the server using an FTP client.
More importantly though, it enables you to log onto "anonymous" sites, containg vast resources of software, such as Aminet.
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Easy to use |
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Uses MUI for configurability |
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Compatible with many older servers that can cause problems with newer clients |
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Keeps a list of "favourite" FTP sites |
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High speed transfer of files, including a special mode for even faster transfers |
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Special "Expert" mode for advanced users. |
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Anti-Idle function. |
AmigaOS 3.0+
MUI v3.8+ (Including copies of BetterString.mcc and the NList classes, included in distribution).
A working internet set-up (Including a TCP/IP stack such as
Miami)
For the more advanced features, some technical
knowledge of Operating Systems would help
Just run the installation script, it'll do everything for you. But please note that it will not create a directory for you.
Once installed, run SimpleFTP and then edit the configuration according to your needs.
Advanced: "SimpleFTP.sites" is a text file that contains your saved list of FTP sites. It is editable, but it is important that between each entry and empty line starting with "#" is inserted. This marks the start of a site entry.
Add a New Site
To add a new FTP site to SimpleFTP is pretty easy, just follow these simple steps:
1) Make sure you are on the "Site Manager" page.When you want to connect to your new site, simply select the site of your choice in the "Site Manager" and click "Connect" (Alternatively, you can double-click on the name of the site in the list).
Using an FTP site
The FTP page consists of two file listers, and a column of buttons down the centre, the following is a list of those buttons and their functions.
|  This shows your current location on the releated list of files, the "/" button allows you to return to the parent directory. |
| Remote/Local - As there is only one list of buttons, clicking this one causes them to affect either the Remote list or the Local list respectively |
| View - View the selected file. |
| Receive/Send - Download or upload the selected file(s) and/or directories. (Note: You can only upload directories, not download them). |
| Refresh - Reload the directory contents. |
| Make Dir - Creates a single directory. |
| Rename - Changes the name(s) or the selected file(s) and/or directories. |
| Delete - Delete the selected file(s). |
| Auto/ASCII/Binary - Determines how files are uploaded or downloaded. "Auto" will try to detect the best method, "ASCII" will convert carriage returns and line feeds to the appropriate ones for either the local or remote systems and "Binary" is the method best used for anything else. |
Aminet Download Tool (ADT)
This is a special mode, only supported by the Aminet archives. It allows you to see a list of the new files over the last 7 or 14 days. To enable, simply select (or enter) the details of your closest Aminet site and check the ADT checkmark gadget. Once this is check you will be able to select the length of time you want to check files for (either 7 or 14 days) from the accompanying cycle gadget.
When making a return visit using ADT, providing the last visit was within your selected time period (7/14 days) the new entries will be highlighted for you. If this is your first visit, or you have not recently visited all the entries will be highlighted.
Note: This section will assume you are experienced in using an FTP client, and that you also have some knowledge of file-systems and AmigaOS in general.
Transfer Modes
The transfer mode is how files are transmitted by, or received by the FTP server. Two standard modes exist, Binary and ASCII.
On the "FTP" page, there is a cycle gadget which defaults to "Auto", you use this to change between transfer modes.
| Auto | This attempts to determine whether the file being received is an ASCII file, or Binary. Please note that this method is not yet foolproof, and should it fail it will default to Binary. |
| ASCII | When using this mode, carrage returns and line-feeds are translated into the UNIX equivelent. Binary files transfered via this stand a good chance of being corrupted on arrival. |
| Binary | The vast majority of files will be transferred through this method. It should be used for archives, images, sound samples etc etc. |
Auto-Disconnect
When downloading/uploading files, the transfer window contains a tick-box for "Auto-Disconnect". If this is ticked, after all current and pending transfers have been completed, it will automatically disconnect from the server and then (hopefully) tell the TCP/IP stack to go offline. Note: This has only been tested with Miami, if it doesn't work with your TCP/IP stack please tell me!
Advanced Configuration
Note: Items with a "*" after them indicate that this is disabled in demonstration and Wirenet versions
"Upload Icon"
When you are connected, SimpleFTP will add an icon to your desktop named "Upload to [sitename]", this will allow you to upload to the current directory of whatever site you are on simply by dragging any number of files to this icon.
This sets what image SimpleFTP will use for that icon, it needs to be in the standard Workbench Icon format. The one set by default is "progdir:icons/upload", note that the name is missing the ".info" part!
"Viewer"
Sets what program your going to use to "view" files with, filename is indicated by "%f", for example: "SYS:Utilities/Multiview %f"
"Expert" *
This enables the "Expert" mode, which gives you extra functions for use when connected to an FTP server.
| Chng Mode | Allows you to alter file and directory permissions using the UNIX standard, this command now calculates the number for you. |
| Execute | Allows you to execute a server side command line. Commands need to be enabled on the FTP server. |
| Raw CMD | Allows you to send a raw command to the FTP server. For example, sending a "STAT" will give you your settings for the current FTP session. Note: You'll need to look at the log page to see the results! |
| Recursive Upload | Allows you to upload an entire directory structure to the current FTP directory. Especially useful for uploading web sites. |
"Anti Idle" *
Untick to disable, and tick to enable. Prevents your connection from timing out.
"DEBUG" tooltype
Enables the debugging engine. It will create a file named "Debug.log" in the current directory. You should only use this if you are having extensive problems and wish to report them to the author, otherwise please don't use this - it slows the entire program down a lot!
"PASV"
Causes SimpleFTP to use PASV data connections rather than PORT connections. Should be enabled if using a proxy server, or you are using a gateway of some sort.
"PASV IP Address"
When you use the PASV mode, servers will send an IP address to connect to as well. Unfortunatly, when a server is connected to more than one network, they can send the wrong address. Setting this to "Ignore" will make SimpleFTP ignore the address the server has sent. Only use this if you have problems when using the PASV mode.
"Priority"
Allows you to change the priority of the program.
Logging
The "Log" page will show you a rough log of the interaction between the client and the server. Should you find a bug, please try to include a copy of the log in your report.
SimpleFTP uses Magic User Interface (MUI) by Stefan Stuntz. MUI is shareware, details of registering and the MUI Copyright can be found in the MUI archive.
SimpleFTP uses the MUI custom class "Busy.mcc" by Klaus Melchior, and is (C) 1994-96 by Klaus Melchior.
SimpleFTP uses the MUI custom class "BetterString.mcc" by Allan Odgaard and is (C) 1998 by Allan Odgaard.
SimpleFTP uses the MUI custom class "NList.mcc" and "NListview.mcc" by Gilles Masson and is (C) 1996-1997 by Gilles Masson.
| Luca "Hexaae" Longone | For the nice NewIcons he sent me. |
| Andrew "Assembler Andy" Bell | General encouragement (eg. "Hurry up and write that FTP client, I can't get AmFTP to work!") and loads of testing. |
| Jason "Caradog" Hayman | For putting up with my dodgy software and saying "Make sure you copyright it to Pagan Software!" |
| Neil Bothwick | For the excellent Wirenet Internet service. |
| Ostsis Software | For happily telling me that their firewall software didn't allow FTP proxies just after I set one up using their evaluation copy :P |
| Urban D Mueller | For providing the wonderful Aminet service, and for pointing me in the right direction with the ADT procedures. |
| Rob Hutchinson | For advice and code on using bsdsocket.library's events system. |
| Angel Alvarez | Español - Spanish |
| Kimme Utsi | Norsk - Norwegian |
| Filipe Brandao | Français - French |
| Alfredo Martins | Português - Portuguese |
| Dennis Paulisch | Deutsch - German |
| Francesco Mancuso | Italiano - Italian |
| Christos Dimitrakakis | Greek - Greek |
| Vit Sindlar | Czech - Czech |
| Rikard Stenius | Svenska - Swedish |
| Sinan Gurkan | Turkish - Turkish |
If you find a bug, please send any information to my e-mail address: bugs@simpleftp.co.uk and (this is important) try to include a log file if you could get one (Or if it's really bad, the debug log).
I'd also appreciate the details of the server you were using when the bug occured. But don't bother if it doesn't allow anonymous users.
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Created on the amazing Commodore A1200, AmigaOS 3.5, PowerTower, Apollo 68040 40Mhz, 32Mb FAST RAM, 3x Hard-disks, 2x CD-ROMs, Wangtek 525Mb Tape Drive, Addtel 56k Modem and a 14" monitor.