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Recent Version History
This is list of changes for each release of WinSCP. See also project history.
Not Released Yet
2010-10-17
- Increased socket internal buffer size for SSH. It should improve transfer speed. Thanks to ultramage. 615
- Environment variables are resolved in path to external editor. 563
- Include/exclude masks can be used when moving files between local and remote directories. 536
- Add to Bookmarks and Refresh commands added to context menus of panel path labels. 624
- Change: With FTP protocol, passive mode is used by default. 165
- Change: Links to website and help are no longer created in start menu folder. 616
- Autocomplete disabled for most of the combo boxes. 619
- SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2010-09-27, revision 9010). It brings following changes:
- Improved port forwarding robustness.
- When disconnected because there are no supported authentication methods left to try, the error message contains the list of methods sent by the server.
- Standard GSS libraries are now loaded from standard locations rather than using the default DLL search path.
- Other small bugs fixed.
- Bug fix: Error when refreshing panel content. 617
- Bug fix: Error when more background transfers finish at the same moment. 622
- Bug fix: Script does not abort after receiving no answer for prompt, when running in batch mode. 623
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4.2.9
2010-09-23
- Never try to rename file to the very same name. 604
- Bug fix: Failure when executing custom command and not capturing its output. 587
- Bug fix: GSSAPI/Kerberos was not working. 590
- Bug fix: Local file timestamp was interpreted incorrectly for synchronization on Windows 7. 591
- Bug fix: Failure on
close
scripting command. 599 - Bug fix: Edited file was reloaded from active session, not from original session. 603
- Bug fix: Path history was mixed among sessions. 607
- Bug fix: Session closed after operation completes was automatically reconnected. 608
- Bug fix: Check for application updates was hanging. 611
- Bug fix: Missing content on OpenCandy screen. 600
what the fuck is the editable for ????
4.2.8
2010-07-14
- File size masks are allowed in script commands. 555
- Change: Conversion of timestamps between local and remote systems with respect to DST follows changes introduced in Windows 7. 564 This breaks synchronization when you used previous WinSCP versions.
- Installation package includes development versions of PuTTYgen and Pageant applications. It brings following changes:
- PuTTYgen supports importing of new-style OpenSSH private keys (encrypted by AES rather than 3DES).
- SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2010-05-19, revision 8952). Improving GSSAPI support.
- Script commands and output are included into session log. 547
- Bug fix: IPv6 support was broken. 556
- Bug fix: Protocol
ftps
was ignored in session URL when port number was also specified. 558 - Bug fix: Suggested session path was duplicated when saving new session. 562
- Bug fix: SFTP packet counter overflow. 565
- Bug fix: Sorting by owner/group was broken. 571
- Bug fix: Failure when opening session protected with master password from command-line in console. 573
- Bug fix: Saving password in default session settings did not force prompt for master password, allowing the password being stored unencrypted.
- Bug fix: Missing OpenCandy DLL on Windows startup. 579
- Bug fix: Hangs when changing directory using directory tree after toggling showing of hidden files. 580
- Bug fix:
!.!
was suggested as name of executable when browsing for previously undefined executable. - Bug fix: Failure when running multiple instances of console interface tool in parallel. 581
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4.2.7
2010-03-04
4.2.6
2010-02-16
- ZIP archive with both executables is released instead of just compressed EXE. 523
- Automatically named session is renamed when hostname and/or username is modified. 532
- When reading of file to be edited fails, empty internal editor is no longer shown.
- Forcing width of message box not to exceed screen width.
- Environment variables in path to private key file are resolved before passing it to PuTTY to open the session. 524
- WinSCP name is included in balloon notifications. 533
- Timezone offset can be set up to +/-25 hours. 534
- Setup does not query OpenCandy for ads when running silent install.
- Small visual changes for Windows 7.
- Being tolerant to FTP servers enclosing path in 257 response to single quotes. 541
- SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2010-01-17, revision 8846). Fixing memory leak.
- SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 0.9.8l.
- Bug fix: Bookmarks with equal sign in their name were not preserved when using INI file. 522
- Bug fix: Synchronize browsing failed, when entering local directory, while current remote path was root. 525
- Bug fix: Having higher logging level set decreased performance even when logging itself was disabled. 526
- Bug fix: Error when running ad hoc custom command. 529
- Bug fix: Tray icon was sometimes not removed when application closed.
- Bug fix: Navigation tree on Preferences dialog was corrupted sometimes. 539
- Bug fix: Memory leak while authenticating with private key.
- Bug fix: System date/time format was not followed on Windows 7. 537
- Bug fix: On some systems
winscp.com
did not findwinscp.exe
when executed from search path. 542 - Bug fix: Failure when connection was closed while Console window was opened. 544
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4.2.5
2009-12-22
- Environment variable
WINSCP_PATH
pointing to path, where WinSCP executable file is located, is set on startup, so it can be used to configure portable paths relative to the WinSCP executable file. 311 - It is not possible to cancel master password prompt anymore, when saving session with passwords.
- Slash added to names of directories in search results to distinguish them from files.
- Keyboard shortcut for finding files changed to
F3
in Explorer interface. - Path is recorded in history after changing directory in console window. 518
- Replacing characters not allowed in local file names is taken into account with synchronized browsing. 512
- Merged error message and directory creation confirmation box into one, when synchronized browsing cannot find corresponding opposite directory. 347
- Synchronized browsing can handle change to different directory branch. 101
- Placed Use same options next time on synchronization dialog above transfer settings box to make it clear that transfer settings are not saved. 519
- SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2009-11-22, revision 8755). It does not bring any notable change.
- Bug fix: When master password changing was canceled, message informing about successful change appeared anyway.
- Bug fix: No help was associated with Security tab of Preferences dialog.
- Bug fix: Passwords in default session settings were not re-encrypted when master password was changed.
- Bug fix: Empty session password were in rare situation encrypted using master password, what caused seemingly useless prompts for master passwords.
- Bug fix: WinSCP did not offer to unset read-only flag when overwriting local files anymore.
- Bug fix: Error when downloading remote files from root directory into temporary local directory. 502
- Bug fix: Failure when retrying connect attempt after host is not resolved. 503
- Bug fix: Incorrect calculation of DST start/end date. 504
- Bug fix: Session data on Login dialog were overwritten when locale is changed. 508
- Bug fix: Error when moving local directory to remote side. 509
- Bug fix: Help for
put
scripting command incorrectly claimed that-append
switch is valid for FTP protocol only. - Bug fix: Ampersands (
&
) in names of transfer settings presets and custom commands were handled inconsistently. 506 - Bug fix: Excluding file from transfer did not prevent access to the file. 514
- Bug fix: Error when daylight saving is not properly configured in Windows. 519
- Bug fix: Shell icon for stored session in folder could not be created. 515
4.2.4 beta
2009-10-25
- File search. 92
- Stored session passwords can be encrypted by AES cipher using master password. 273
- Path relative to startup directory can be used in initial session local directory. 492
- Up to 255 characters long SFTP server commands are allowed. 495
- Value
off
ofreconnecttime
script option is case-insensitive. 491 - SFTP status code is not logged as status/error code anymore. 484
- While downloading trailing dot in filenames is replaced with
%2E
, as Windows trim them. 452 - WinSCP can load plain text tunnel password from configuration (new attribute
TunnelPasswordPlain
). If possible, it automatically converts the password to encrypted form. 497 - SSH core upgraded to the latest development snapshot of PuTTY (2008-09-27, revision 8665). It brings following changes:
- Bug fix: Minor memory leaks.
- Bug fix: Uploads of large files with FTP were restarting. 157
- Bug fix: Error when opening separate shell session. 477
- Bug fix: Backslash in remote path broke path label. 482
- Bug fix: Using passive mode was suggested when connection fails even when used already. 485
- Bug fix: Operation hanged for a while when transfer of file was skipped with FTP protocol. 486
- Bug fix: Operation hanged occasionally when both control and transfer connection were closed at the same time with FTP protocol. 487
- Bug fix: Quote escaping did not work with console interface tool. 494
- Bug fix:
Ctrl+C
in console windows occasionally interrupted more than one prompt. - Bug fix: Failed connection in script closed last active session simultaneously.
- Bug fix: It was not possible to copy remote files using drag&drop within remote panel with FTP protocol.
- Bug fix: Problem minimizing progress windows while performing operation executed from command-line. 475
- Bug fix: WinSCP hanged on some systems, when remote file with name reserved on Windows appeared in directory listing. 152
- Bug fix: Backslash was inserted to remote path when running custom command from synchronization checklist dialog. 498
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