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===== Configuring WinSCP Sessions ===== ===== Configuring WinSCP Sessions =====
-Most shells nowadays offer options to make user experience better. Unfortunately many of these options makes the shell incompatible with WinSCP.+Most shells nowadays offer options to make the user experience better. Unfortunately many of these options make the shell incompatible with WinSCP.
-This mostly affects SCP protocol. Example is colorized output on ''ls'' command that puts ANSI color sequences to the command output that WinSCP cannot parse.+This mainly affects the SCP protocol. An example is colorized output with the ''ls'' command that outputs ANSI color sequences to the command output which WinSCP is 
 +unable to parse.
-Also SFTP protocol can be affected. Typical example is printing some message from start-up scripts. WinSCP (and any other SFTP client) will attempt to parse the message as SFTP packet, which obviously fails.+Also, the SFTP protocol can be affected. A typical example is where some message is  
 +printed from a start-up script. WinSCP (and any other SFTP client) will attempt to parse the message as an SFTP packet, which will obviously fail.
-You should configure your start-up scripts to conform to non-interactive sessions (like WinSCP). Some shells calls different profile/start-up scripts for interactive and non-interactive sessions. You can use also some environment variables, like ''TERM'' to distinguish interactive and non-interactive sessions.+You should configure your start-up scripts to conform to non-interactive sessions (like WinSCP). Some shells call different profile/start-up scripts for interactive and non-interactive sessions. You can also use some environment variables, such as ''TERM'' to distinguish interactive and non-interactive sessions.
===== Client Requirements ===== ===== Client Requirements =====
WinSCP should run on any system running Windows 95 or later. WinSCP should run on any system running Windows 95 or later.

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