ANNOUNCE: gFTP 1.1 is out



Hello,

   I am pleased to announce the release of gFTP 1.1. You can download it off
my website at http://www.newwave.net/~masneyb.

Features

* Distributed under the terms of the GNU Public License Agreement
* Written in C and uses GTK+ 1.1.x+ for the GUI
* Multithreaded to allow for simultaneous downloads
* File transfer queues to allow for downloading multiple files
* Supports downloading entire directories and subdirectories
* Extensive connection manager that allows having different categories, each 
  containing multiple sites to help manage ftp site lists
* Supports resuming interrupted file transfers
* Supports caching of remote directory listings
* Drag-N-Drop support
* FTP proxy server support
* Supports connecting to a FTP server via command line parameters
  You can now type: gftp user:pass@ftp-site:port/directory. You don't have
  to specify all of the options, like user:pass, port and directory.
* Supports associating icons with particular file extensions in the
  listboxes
* Sorting capabilities in the file listboxes
* Can restrict files in the listboxes to a particular file specification
* Allows for passive and non-passive file transfers
* Eliminates buffer overruns from malicious ftp sites

Changes from 1.0 to 1.1

* Added FTP proxy server support
* Added ability to download entire directories and their subdirectories
* Added non-passive file transfers (using PORT command)
* Added ability to restrict files in the listboxes to a particular filemask
* Added geometry management. gFTP can automatically save the geometry of it's 
  widgets for next time you start it back up.
* Added more config file options. Most can be set within gFTP itself
* Several small dialog enhancements
* Fixed problems with connecting to Serv-U FTP Servers
* Fixed date sorting problem
* Fixed problem with gFTP trying to view some remote dirs when they were
  double clicked
* Fixed problem with gFTP sometimes crashing after some file transfers

Brian Masney <masneyb@newwave.net>



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