[4318] in comp.os.os2.announce archive
SOFTWARE: NFTP 1.30 is available
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (asv@sai.msu.su)
Sun Aug 30 18:29:38 1998
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.mit.edu
Date: 30 Aug 1998 17:04:00 -0400
From: Sergey Ayukov@mit.edu (asv@sai.msu.su)
Reply-To: asv@sai.msu.su (Sergey Ayukov)
Reply-to: asv@sai.msu.su (Sergey Ayukov)
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Version 1.30 of NFTP is available.
NFTP is a powerful interactive textmode ftp client for BeOS Intel,
FreeBSD, Linux, OS/2, Solaris (SPARC) and Windows 95/98/NT.
Main features of NFTP are:
remote directory view is fully scrollable with minimum keystrokes required;
remote directory contents is cached during one session -- you'll never have
to wait for retrieving the same listing;
marking files for download/upload: you don't need to type filenames at all;
remote file viewing is simple and intelligent, and viewed files are
cached as well;
you can see client-server negotiation (even complete history during
all run);
NFTP has batch progress indicator (you see how long the entire
operation will take if more than one file was selected to
transfer);
file selection is simple and allows to view remote files while
marking others to transfer;
you can skip files during transfer while continuing to
download/upload the rest;
you can mark files in different directories and then retrieve them
all, keeping directory structure (therefore you can transfer
entire directory trees);
NFTP automatically downloads 00index.txt/FILES.BBS/etc. and shows
file descriptions;
NFTP reconnects to ftp server as needed -- you'll no longer worry
about timeouts and dropped connections;
you can sort remote directories by name, size, date/time;
two-level hierarchical bookmark system is quick and efficient;
configurable history keeps track of all sites you visit and allows
to recall them instantly;
comprehensive transfer logging;
available on multiple platforms with the same user interface
(FreeBSD, Linux, OS/2, Solaris, Windows 95/NT, BeOS Intel);
comes in English, Bulgarian, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese,
Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese,
Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Ukrainian versions.
Version 1.30 adds CUA-like menuing system and several
small improvements.
More information including links for downloading is available from
http://crydee.sai.msu.su/software/nftp/index.html
NFTP is shareware, so you have to pay for it to transfer files
larger than 500KB. The registration fee currently is $20 and will be
raised to $25 on 1 September 1998. Unix versions are free until
1 February 1999. The fastest and safest way to register is via
BMT Micro (http://www.bmtmicro.com). One registration covers all
versions (including future ones) on all platforms.
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Dr. Sergey Ayukov Sternberg Astronomical Institute
http://crydee.sai.msu.su Moscow
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