Plugin To Servant Salamander Version History

2005-06-24

• Changes in the plugin itself:
  • Remote path can be typed into destination box on Download dialog, changing operation to duplicate.
  • Disconnect/Keep box unified with FTP plugin.
  • Function Intra-server Move is disabled for SFTP-2 and older.
  • Plugin utilises online help of WinSCP application (Help button is present on most of dialogs).
  • When uploading using drag&drop, destination box of Upload dialog is no longer disabled.
  • Change drive menu item renamed to SFTP/SCP Client (WinSCP).
  • Bug fix: Upload using drag&drop was not working correctly.
  • Bug fix: Solved potential crash when using function Duplicate.
  • Bug fix: Panel content refreshes correctly after background operation finishes.
• The plugin already includes some features of upcoming WinSCP version:
  • Authentication banner, if any, is shown during authentication.
  • Unix-style approach to Daylight saving time (client does adjustment) is made default. This can affect interpretation of timestamps of your files. Use function Synchronize with option Synchronize timestamps only, not files to resolve it.
  • Workaround for OpenSSH limit of 256 kB for size of SFTP packet. Consequence was occasional interruption of transfer with error “Connection has been unexpectedly closed. Server sent command exit status 11.”
  • Cache directory changes checkbox is disabled when Cache visited remote directories is unchecked and SCP-only mode is selected.
  • Empty proxy password is not “saved” to reduce session data size.
  • When checking Never ask me again checkbox, all answer buttons are disabled except for the positive one, to avoid confusion.
  • Bug fix: When directory was removed its cache was not, making it possible to enter no longer existing directory by typing its path manually.
  • Bug fix: SCP fallback was not working.
• SSH/SCP/SFTP core upgraded to WinSCP 3.7.5. It brings following changes:
  • Function Keep remote directory up to date can handle subdirectory addition and removal.
  • Function Synchronize can optionally synchronize timestamps of existing files only, instead of actual files (SFTP only).
  • File size can be optionally used as comparison criterion for synchronization.
  • SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.58. It brings following changes:
    • Bug fix: Failure when connecting through SOCKS proxy.
  • Function Keep remote directory up to date can perform full synchronization on start. By default user confirmation is required.
  • Confirmation of transfer resume can be suppressed the same way as overwrite confirmation, i.e. by disabling confirmation for synchronization, background transfers or in script.
  • Error messages have button Skip All to skip all futher errors during batch operation.
  • Server host key fingerprint verification box re-formated. It also shows key type now.
  • When synchronizing, the time difference of one second is ignored (for compatibility with FAT file systems). It is also ignored when transferring newer files only.
  • Exclusion masks can be directory specific. For example mask */public_html/*.php matches only PHP files in directory public_html. It does not matter what slashes are used, the mask always matches both remote and local directories.
  • Logging level can be configured from GUI (on Logging tab of Login dialog).
  • When changing permissions of one directory, the checkboxes cannot be toggled to “undefined” state unless Recursive options is checked.
  • Fallback to pre-3.7.2 method of detecting existence of remote directory, in case the server does not support SSH_FXP_LSTAT request (FTPshell Server).
  • WinSCP is no longer sending SFTP extensions winscp@winscp.sourceforge.net and software@generic-extensions. Instead vendor-id is used as proposed by SFTP version 6.
  • Session name cannot contain some special characters. Especially slash /, that caused problems when parsing URLs.
  • New No to all button on confirmation message, where user can select between appending source file and alternate method for transfer resuming. It makes WinSCP resume transfer whenever it finds smaller file in target directory with the same name.
  • New No to all button on confirmation message for alternative method of transfer resume.
  • Bug fix: Functions Synchronize and Keep remote directory up to date have ignored file for one minute after the target file was changed just at whole minute (0 seconds).