Recent Version History

2009-06-27

• New icon by Jonathan Heathcote
• Each selected file/directory can be optionally added individually to background transfer queue. 97
• It is possible to schedule computer shutdown at the end of operation or once the background transfer queue is empty. 292
• New switches -append and -resume to scripting commands put and get to append file/resume transfer respectively. 298
• Added switch /certificate to command-line and open script command to automatically accept SSL certificate with given fingerprint. 430
• Change: SSH host key or SSL/TLS certificate can no longer be automatically verified using scripting batch mode. 411
• Broken idle sessions are optionally automatically reconnected. 30
• Local custom commands that work both with remote and local file (diff-style) can be executed from synchronization checklist for pairs of files. 54
• SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2008-04-26, revision 8519). It brings following changes:
  • Empty SSH keyboard interactive prompts are ignored. 388
• SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 0.9.8k.
• FTPS session can be opened from script explicitly. 396
• It is possible to turn off both modification time and file size comparison criteria, synchronizing thus only by file existence. 368
• List of parameters can be passed to script using /parameter command-line parameter. The parameters are resolved in the script using %N% pattern. 197
• For synchronization, when comparison by modification time is disabled, it is possible to turn off preserving of timestamp. 368
• Empty password can be specified explicitly on command-line and in script to allow password-less authentication with FTP. 428
• Speed limit can be set as part of transfer settings. 302
• It can be configured how long script should keep trying reconnect broken sessions. 367
• Appending to log file with XML format is disallowed.
• Dialogs are showed on-screen even if center of the main window is off-screen. 360
• Changed usage to discourage specification of session on command-line for console use.
• Console interface tool usage shows only command-line parameters relevant for console use.
• Limited number of HTTP redirects when checking for updates.
• When opening connection in FTP active mode fails, using passive mode is suggested.
• Workaround for Windows 7 incompatibility, preventing loading translation plugins. 423
• For compatibility with Fedora 11, dot (.) after permissions in directory listing is ignored 436
• Transfer settings controls reorganized so that Clear ‘Archive’ attribute fits to Upload options. 108
• In Mirror synchronization mode it is possible to turn off comparison by modification time.
• It is not possible to change XML log file name in middle of session. 393
• Bug fix: Failure when downloading file from non-current directory with FTPS protocol. 390
• Bug fix: Edit With dialog had wrong layout.
• Bug fix: Overwriting new or updated files only was not working with SFTP when overwrite confirmations were disabled. 408
• Bug fix: Occasional failure when closing commander window. 419
• Bug fix: Local shortcuts were not followed. 420
• Bug fix: Commander tab of Preferences dialog did not have help screen associated.
• Bug fix: Selection did not follow focus after reloading of directory. 432
• Bug fix: Stray empty line was printed on console on failed connections.

2009-02-27

• Bug fix: It was not possible to open Preferences dialog. 381
• Bug fix: Error message was appearing during installation. 382

2009-02-26

• FTPS (FTP over TLS/SSL) support using OpenSSL 0.9.8j. 36
• It is possible to change group/owner of a remote file by UID/GID. 333
• XML logging for more formal and machine-readable representation of operations performed during the session. 95
• Filter for file panel. 56
• New set of bookmarks/location profiles that is shared among all sessions. 284
• Timestamps of uploaded files are preserved with FTP. 293
• SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2008-02-23, revision 8461). It brings following changes:
  • Improved flow control with SSH-2, what improved transfer speed, particularly for downloads. 17 flow-control flow-control-filexfer
  • Support for SSH-2 RSA key exchange. ssh2-rsa-kex
  • Improved robustness when dealing with servers that does not respect WinSCP window size. ssh2-window-overrun
  • Improved robustness when dealing with servers that does not respect WinSCP packet size limit (e.g. GlobalSCAPE). 314 ssh2-bug-maxpkt
  • Switched to PuTTY’s own implementation of Kerberos/GSSAPI. It brings following changes: kerberos-gssapi
    • GSS key exchange algorithms are no longer supported.
    • Session option Service principal name is no longer supported.
  • Bug fix: WinSCP tried password authentication with SSH-1 even if the server says not to. ssh1-no-password
  • Bug fix: In CBC modes, decrypting the packet length could leak information. ssh2-cbc-pktlen-weakness
• When checking for updates, beta versions are by default not reported.
• Any file mask can include exclude masks (separated by pipe). 328
• Position of internal editor window is remembered. 317
• It is possible to synchronize remote files with name that is not allowed on Windows. 31
• Console window of .exe can be minimized to task bar status area. 243
• For external editors, WinSCP no longer waits for editor process to be closed by default. It keeps edited remote file in temporary directory until WinSCP closes instead. Previous behavior can be forced using editor preference option External editor opens each file in separate window (process). 334
• In editor preferences list, editing certain files with an associated application can be configured. 283
• It is possible to edit files in ad hoc selected editor. 291
• Using of switch -a with FTP LIST command is configurable. 275
• For messages without associated help page, WinSCP can initiate search of whole documentation site.
• File mask hint shows file size mask syntax.
• Number of not shown hidden files is indicated on status bar.
• Expanding/collapsing capability of create directory dialog removed.
• Bug fix: File externally hidden was not removed from file panel.
• Improvements and fixes back-propagated to 4.1.9 hotfix release.

2009-04-23

• Back-propagates some improvements and fixes from 4.2 beta release:
  • Workaround for problem with Tectia SFTP server corrupting remote file if resumed transfer fails again. 351
  • Errors while keeping session alive with FTP protocol are ignored.
  • Bug fix: When synchronizing timestamps of local files, update of non-existing local files was offered. 346
  • Bug fix: When name of destination remote file was changed on overwrite confirmation dialog, timestamps and permissions were yet set on the original filename (SFTP only).
  • Bug fix: Change of name of destination remote file on overwrite confirmation dialog was not reflected properly for resumable file transfers (SFTP only).
  • Bug fix: Failure during dummy listing of remote directory with FTP as form of keepalive, while error message of failed regular directory listing was shown.
  • Bug fix: Failure after closing internal editor. 349
  • Bug fix: Infinite loop when FTP directory listing with -a switch fails. 352
  • Bug fix: Paste in an internal editor could not be undone. 354
  • Bug fix: Script switch -preservetime did not work. 361
  • Bug fix: Repetitive prompts for adding bookmark when switching between “bookmark” and “location profile” mode.
  • Bug fix: Suspending background transfer was not working with FTP. 341
  • Bug fix: Occasional failure when showing main window. 369
  • Bug fix: Status bar on log file window always indicated no log file. 370
  • Bug fix: Just leaved directory was not focused in file panel when paths as reported by remote server ended with slash. 371
  • Bug fix: Opening session in PuTTY was not working for ad-hoc sessions. 372
  • Bug fix: Incorrectly URL-encoded character in session specification may caused the session to be silently ignored. 373
  • Bug fix: Failure of authentication was not shown on authentication dialog with FTP protocol.
  • Bug fix: Directories with no transferred files were not created on upload with FTP. 137
• Back-propagates some improvements and fixes from upcoming 4.2.2 release:
  • Improved logging of FTP protocol events and errors.
  • Password for tunnel session is also remembered for background transfers. 400
  • Timestamps of local and remote file are compared with respect to their precision when transferring updated files only. 409
  • Bug fix: File selection was broken after sorting on Windows Vista. 383
  • Bug fix: Main window stopped responding if directory listing with SFTP started with file with suspicious name. 384
  • Bug fix: No overwrite confirmation when dropping local files to local panel of Commander interface. 387
  • Bug fix: Local and remote panels were inconsistently sorted by extension. 389
  • Bug fix: The Update subdirectories checkbox of Keep remote directory up to date did not apply to synchronization on start. 395
  • Bug fix: When changing directory with FTP failed due to new remote path being different to requested one, respective error message missed to report a cause. 398
  • Bug fix: Remembered password of main session was in some cases reused to authenticate tunnel session for background transfers. 400
  • Bug fix: Blank lines of command output were not shown in console window. 402
  • Bug fix: Button-like controls disappeared when accelerators were about to be shown on Windows Vista. 329
  • Bug fix: Last modification date was not shown in local file panel with some rare system date/time formats. 406
  • Bug fix: Transfer to temporary file was disabled when transferring file to/from editor. 407
  • Bug fix: Overwrite confirmation prompt was showing timestamps not adjusted for DST with FTP. 412
  • Bug fix: Failure while uploading file when timestamp of remote file was not retrieved with FTP protocol. 413
  • Bug fix: WinSCP hanged when FTP connection was closed while waiting for reply to keepalive. 414
  • Bug fix: FTP command scheduled for execution just before connection is closed was executed out of the order after reconnect. 415

2008-12-01

• Expanding/collapsing capability of message boxes removed.
• Bug fix: Icon on Properties dialog is shrunk to fit, if shell icon size is too large. 323
• Bug fix: Dragging of item in editor list was not correctly stopped.
• Bug fix: Error when moving current remote directory to different location (e.g. by dragging tree node). 330
• Bug fix: Duplicating session in new window was not working. 332
• Bug fix: Color of file panel border was not updated in some cases.
• Bug fix: Error on startup when initial local directory as reported by Windows starts with lowercase drive letter. 319
• Bug fix: Size of externally removed local files was not detracted from total file size shown on status bar.
• Bug fix: File statistics on status bar was not updated with automatic update of local file panel on external change.
• Bug fix: Controls on some dialogs (e.g. editor preferences dialog) were occasionally corrupted. 336

2008-09-28

• Output from console interface tool is no longer buffered. 281
• System error message is shown when FTP connection is refused.
• Transfer mode and resume support status are no longer shown on progress window.
• Internal editor is opened faster. 312
• It is possible to reference session in folder from command line and script. 300
• Session name can contain special characters like []/. 305
• In scripting on session start local working directory is set to the one saved in stored session. 303
• Bug fix: Wrapping of long files were not applied to newly opened internal editors. 287
• Bug fix: Alias to directory listing command was not cleared (SCP only). 285
• Bug fix: Failure when creating directory with SFTP. 307
• Bug fix: “List index out of bounds (-1)” error on startup with Explorer interface and Show full path on address bar option disabled. 294
• Bug fix: Transfer progress indication was not completed with FTP protocol. 278
• Bug fix: Paste in an internal editor lost final new line. 277
• Bug fix: Dialogs opened from Preferences dialog opened from internal editor are properly placed over them. 282
• Bug fix: Failure when dragging item in editor list.
• Bug fix: Internal editor status bar was not updated after reload.
• Bug fix: WinSCP closed without warning even when internal editor with modified local file was opened.
• Bug fix: Changes to internal editor configuration were not applied to opened editors with local files.
• Bug fix: Random pieces of log were duplicated in log window. 310
• Bug fix: Log window was not updated while connecting.
• Bug fix: Some administrative restrictions were not being applied. 315

2008-07-30

• Bug fix: Failure when skipping error during ls command in scripting. 269
• Bug fix: Unix-style paths on command-line were ignored. 267
• Bug fix: Permissions to uploaded directories were set even when Set permissions was off, what caused problems on servers not allowing setting permissions to directories (Serv-U). 268
• Bug fix: Misplaced sorting arrow was shown when file panel was sorted by hidden column.
• Bug fix: Remote files were incorrectly moved to recycle bin even when alternative resume or append was selected instead of overwrite.
• Bug fix: Overwritten remote files were not moved to recycle bin during resumable transfers. 272
• Bug fix: Overwritten remote files were not moved to recycle bin if overwrite confirmations were disabled. 272
• Bug fix: It was pointlessly offered to alternatively resume transfer when local and remote files had a same size.
• Bug fix: Refreshing large remote directory tree took too long. 279
• Bug fix: Workaround for failure on startup. 140

2008-07-12

• For internal directory listings with FTP protocol LIST is used unless LIST -a was already proven to work. 263
• Bug fix: .. directory become visible eventually in Explorer interface. 259
• Bug fix: Open session in new window was not working for stored sessions in folders. 266
• Bug fix: It was not possible to permanently select English language, when default system language was different (and that language for WinSCP was installed).
• Bug fix: It was not possible to move files by drag&drop to other applications when using drag&drop shell extension. 261
• Bug fix: Failure when starting console interface tool. 260

2008-06-25

• More verbose error messages are shown when operation with local file fails.
• Improved detection of Vista for workaround for bug in it preventing selection of files with keyboard. 242
• Ignoring less than 2 seconds timestamp difference when synchronizing. 249
• Improvements to setup: 240
  • Improved support for installation by non-privileged users.
  • User preferences set in installer are used as defaults for all users, not only the one that has installed it.
  • Option to add WinSCP path to search path is not offered if installer is not run by administrator.
  • Bug fix: Installed WinSCP uses by default registry to store configuration for all users, not only the one that has installed it.
• When winscp.com is forcefully terminated, winscp.exe is not left running behind anymore. 246
• Most lists can be scrolled while item is dragged, particularly stored sessions list. 241
• Whitespace is no longer required after comment line in scripting. 252
• Workarounds for OpenSSH-specific bugs are applied with Sun SSH as well. 228
• Bug fix: Workaround for failure on startup on Windows Vista. 140
• Bug fix: Drag&drop with shell extension did not work if temporary path was set in short form. 254
• Bug fix: Automatic reconnect during transfer did not work occasionally. 72
• Bug fix: Local proxy was not working at all. 244
• Bug fix: WinSCP hanged when dummy protocol command was dispatched to keep session alive, while reconnecting.
• Bug fix: WinSCP hanged when server stopped receiving data.
• Bug fix: Improved compatibility with MSVDM. Maximized main window no longer minimize into small window caption. 174
• Bug fix: Scripting command call tried to interpret command switches. 238

2008-05-23

• Bug fix: Scripting command synchronize ignored local directory parameter. 233
• Bug fix: Failure when closing. 232

2008-05-09

• Active session is kept alive while watching for changes in script. 211
• Improved local file panel refresh on change detection. 62
• Bug fix: “Abnormal program termination” error when closing. 226
• Bug fix: Application was stealing ports binded to by other applications when setting up SSH tunnel. 188
• Bug fix: Application hangs when change is detected while session is disconnected. 230

2008-05-04

• Speed limit of background transfers can be set also from the main menu.
• Descriptive hints are shown also on status bar of internal editor.
• Error messages with no explicit help page are at least linked with common error messages.
• Error code is reported from scripting also when file overwriting is denied. 210
• FTP tab of Login dialog is shown only with advanced options enabled.
• Change: Text files are not converted to canonical format with FTP protocol. 204
• When checking for updates, only one request is sent to the server.
• Bug fix: Error when trying to download non-existing file in scripting with FTP. 212
• Bug fix: Failure on attempt to keepalive while operation is in progress (FTP). 185
• Bug fix: Failure on tunnel connection termination. 187
• Bug fix: No help page was associated with Save session dialog.
• Bug fix: Error while changing language. 217
• Bug fix: Authentication dialog displayed multiple prompts incorrectly.
• Bug fix: Error “List index out of bounds” while opening a main window. 178
• Bug fix: It was not possible to drop files from other application on system with multi-byte character set. 181
• Bug fix: Authentication prompt for tunnel sessions was not marked properly.
• Bug fix: Key passphrase prompt was not being localized.
• Bug fix: WinSCP failed to quit because of stalled check for updates. 198
• Bug fix: Failure when moving files from remote directory with SCP. 206
• Bug fix: Error on opening main window. 218
• Bug fix: Error when unsupported command is used for keepalive with FTP. 208
• Bug fix: Default log file path still used &s pattern instead of !s. 224

2008-03-20

• SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.60. It brings following changes:
  • Support for “local proxying”, where a network connection is replaced by a local command.
  • Various cryptographic improvements in SSH-2, including SDCTR cipher modes and a workaround for a weakness in CBC cipher modes. Support for Diffie-Hellman group exchange with SHA-256 was not included due to performance problems.
  • Support for the Arcfour cipher in SSH-2.
  • When Pageant is running and an SSH key is specified in the configuration, WinSCP will now only try Pageant authentication with that key. This gets round a problem where some servers would only allow a limited number of keys to be offered before disconnecting.
  • Support for SSH-2 password expiry mechanisms, and various other improvements and bugfixes in authentication.
  • A change to the SSH-2 password camouflage mechanism in 0.58 upset some Cisco servers, so we have reverted to the old method.
  • If authentication challenge includes multiple prompts, all are displayed in one form.
  • Random seed file is being stored to application data folder when possible.
  • Bug fix: SSH-1 connections tended to crash, particularly when using port forwarding.
  • Bug fix: SSH Tectia Server would reject SSH-2 tunnels from WinSCP due to a malformed request.
  • Bug fix: SSH-2 login banner messages were being dropped silently under some circumstances.
  • Bug fix: IPv6 should now work on Windows Vista.
• Stored sessions can be organized into folders. 34
• Switched to Quest PuTTY implementation of Kerberos/GSSAPI. It brings following changes:
  • Preference of GSS key exchange algorithms can be configured on Key exchange tab of login dialog.
  • Session option Allow Kerberos 5 ticket forwarding in GSSAPI/SSPI obsoleted (was probably useless anyway).
  • Session option Server realm renamed to Service principal name.
• Added several switches to scripting commands to extend their capabilities with functionality available in GUI already:
  • -mirror and -criteria 59 for synchronize;
  • -delete for synchronize and keepuptodate (obsoletes option synchdelete);
  • -permissions, -nopermissions and -speed 109 for get, put, synchronize and keepuptodate;
  • -delete, -preservetime and -nopreservetime for get and put;
  • -timeout, -privatekey and -passive 132 for open.
• Added switch /hostkey to command-line and open script command to automatically accept host keys with given fingerprint.
• Environment variables can be used in scripting commands. The syntax is %NAME%. 76
• Command Duplicate can transfer files in between different opened sessions (via local temporary copy). It can also be used to duplicate the file within the session, if the protocol does not allow direct duplication. 127
• In file panel, file sorting by date and size is by default descending.
• Speed limit can be actually set in KiB/s.
• Speed limit can be set for background transfers.
• Custom command to execute SFTP server binary may be specified. This allows using su to run SFTP server. 84
• Transfer settings were removed from transfer options dialog to simplify it. The settings can be changed by selecting transfer settings preset or by invoking custom transfer settings dialog (the same way as for synchronization).
• More than one host key for a host may be accepted.
• It is possible to cancel connection attempts of background transfer.
• Proxy settings to check for updates can be automatically detected from system and IE settings.
• Improved keepalive mechanism of FTP sessions by listing current directory in regular intervals.
• On upgrade, setup informs if there are installed translations that are not present in new release anymore.
• Setup removes obsolete translations from previous installations.
• When synchronized browsing is on and entered directory does not exist in an opposite directory, WinSCP offers to create it.
• Saving password to stored session must be explicitly requested using checkbox on save session dialog (replaces previous warning message box). 136
• Transfer options dialog can be suppressed. 44
• Change: Removed One file only editing mode.
• During resumable transfers, the destination file is not removed (if present) until the transfer actually finishes.
• When opening secondary shell session, startup actions like clearing of aliases, unsetting national variables and looking up user groups are not performed.
• For SCP protocol, listing command can be fully specified to overcome specifics of platform (this obsoletes former option Alias LS to display group name). 142
• New patterns for custom commands: !/ expands to current remote path, !@ expands to current session hostname. !u expands to username, !p expands to password. 48
• Escaping of special characters is reversed on upload. 32
• Custom FTP commands can be executed after login. 162
• Transfer and session toolbars automatically stretches to right window edge.
• Command line panel is toolbar (can be docked elsewhere).
• Address and command line drop down boxes follow the toolbar style.
• On Explorer interface, path on address toolbar is editable.
• KiB is used instead of KB for kilobyte.
• Estimated time is shown instead of elapsed time in queue list.
• Open in PuTTY makes PuTTY use Telnet or SSH session for FTP sessions in WinSCP.
• Host key confirmation dialog has an option to copy the key into clipboard.
• Server does not use UTF-8 changed to UTF-8 encoding for filenames and moved to Environment tab, as it is used also by FTP protocol.
• Timezone offset moved to Environment tab, as it is used also by FTP protocol.
• Shift-Del deletes to recycle bin, if deletion to recycle bin is disabled, and vice versa.
• Opening bookmarks and home directory do not trigger synchronized browsing anymore.
• Drive drop down menu shows My documents when current local directory is below “My documents” folder.
• It is possible to optionally overwrite stored password with new one, if authentication with original stored password fails.
• When renaming a file within file panel, only filename (without an extension) is selected.
• When storing remote file to local temporary directory, full remote path is recreated locally to make identification of file easier (particularly in external editor). 4
• Several improvements to internal editor:
  • Search direction can be specified.
  • Support for multiple undoes and redo.
  • Tab size can be defined. 12
  • Improved toggling of word wrapping.
• Print command added to default custom command examples. 6
• When operation finishes while minimized, window is no longer restored. Instead taskbar balloon is shown.
• When saving session with password, option is given not to store the password.
• Changed default local tunnel port number range to “IANA Dynamic and/or Private Ports range”. 173
• Change: Log file path patterns changed to match those of custom commands.
• WinSCP starts on the same monitor it was closed the last time. 135
• Notification balloon is not displayed after background upload of edited/opened file is finished. 143
• Edit link function is available in context menu of remote symbolic links.
• Size of directory change cache is limited.
• Error messages of background transfer are actually presented as errors.
• Initial size of Commander window is increased.
• Improved initial placing of Commander window.
• Improved call command description with respect to FTP protocol.
• ftp protocol added to command-line syntax help.
• Most options on SCP tab of login dialog are disabled, when SCP protocol is not selected, to avoid confusion (although they can actually be used when SCP fallback is administered).
• Cleaned icons for Open in PuTTY and Log Window.
• Default ping interval session option is not saved anymore.
• Patterns hint next to proxy telnet/local command on Proxy tab of login dialog.
• Change: Transfer option Preserve read-only is off by default.
• On download with LF to CR/LF EOL conversion, CR EOL’s were needlessly removed. 67
• UTF-8 byte-order-mask is stripped on upload. 82
• Example for switching user on login added to Shell session option (/bin/bash -c 'sudo su -').
• Better error reporting when contacting winscp.net to check for application updates fails.
• When script output is redirected to file, filename in transfer progress report is not truncated. 63
• Names of directories being compared during synchronization in scripting are echoed. 73
• Bug fix: It was not possible to match file/directory in root with file mask. 170
• Bug fix: Failure when dropping file to .. link (particularly with FTP). 166
• Bug fix: Incorrect handling of certain errors while connecting.
• Bug fix: Ping interval of the first opened FTP session was preserved for all later sessions.
• Bug fix: When traversing path components in input boxes, input cursor may have ended past the end of text.
• Bug fix: It was possible to configure Preserve timestamp transfer settings for synchronization, although it is always enabled actually.
• Bug fix: Bottom-aligned components of login and preferences dialog may have been positioned (partially) off-screen. 33
• Bug fix: Main window was opened on primary monitor even if login dialog was moved to other monitor. 135
• Bug fix: Pressing Esc while renaming session on Login dialog, closed the dialog instead of cancelling the renaming.
• Bug fix: When remote file is dropped to place, where dropping is not possible, misleading error message was shown, when drag&drop shell extension was enabled.

2008-03-03

• While downloading trailing space in filenames is replaced with %20, as Windows does not allow them. 45
• Bug fix: Occasional failure while closing console window.
• Bug fix: Empty directories were not created on upload with FTP. 137
• Bug fix: Choosing between opening session in current or new window using Shift key was not working properly. 155
• Bug fix: When cancelling moving of local file to remote directory with FTP protocol, local source file was removed. 35
• Bug fix: Overwrite confirmations could not be suppressed for FTP protocol. 153
• Bug fix: It was possible to import “WinSCP temporary session” back to WinSCP. 148

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