
What is NFTP
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NFTP is a powerful interactive textmode ftp client for BeOS Intel,
Digital Unix, FreeBSD (Intel), Linux (Intel, Alpha, SPARC), OS/2, 
Solaris (SPARC and Intel) and Windows 95/98/NT.

It is shareware; the registration fee is $25. Unregistered version 
will display a reminder every time you login to site after 60 days 
of use.

This archive is freely distributable.

Installing NFTP
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Run the provided executable, nftp161w.exe. The installation software
will extract necessary files and guide you through the setup process.

Most important fixes since 1.60:
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- HTTP proxy support was completely broken in 1.60;
- date/time display was seriously broken in 1.60;
- would no longer crash if TEMP/TMP points to invalid directory;
- would no longer crash when editing passwords;
- option "lowercase names on download" is now off by default;
- win32 version would no longer crash on files dated 01-01-70;
- mirroring works better;
- when transferring single file, will ask for overwrite/resume/skip.

New features:
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- scripting enhancements (mget/mput, mirroring);
- NFTP remembers current local directory when default download path
  isn't set in nftp.ini;
- support for FEAT/MLST (experimental; not enabled by default);
- PKFA secure authentication (experimental; see
  http://www.ayukov.com/essays/pkfa.html).

Contacting the author
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Please write to Sergey Ayukov <asv@ayukov.com>. Make sure your return
address is correct!

