Beta 0.6 is available now in the first message of this thread! Please update! Here is the list of additions and fixes:
- Try to auto-detect servers with UTF-8 encoding by checking variables $LC_ALL $LC_CTYPE $LANG, and sending the command 'locale'
- Uploads: When overwriting a file and the new file is smaller, rests of the old file will remain appended (the file size didn't change)
- Remote copy of files (by sending "cp" command) with Shift+F5, or F5 with same server in both panels
- French translation by forum users Clo and Vansumsen added
The green lock icon remains green even when the connection is closed, using the Disconnect button. Becomes again gray only after a closing and reopening TC.
Unfortunately this is a limitation of Total Commander, not the plugin: If you press disconnect while NOT within a path of the connection, TC doesn't refresh the icon list. It's only refreshed when you change directories within the plugin.
if you use a starting path (in the configuration dialog), it's impossible to go into the parent folders, even if you have rights. When you press enter in the .. returns to the plugin's root.
This is a limitation of the plugin interface, which uses absolute paths. I don't see any way to go above the plugin root, do you see any?
A minor comment, to disconnect you have to press twice the Disconnect button.
Only when in the list of connections, not when within the connection you want to close.
Here is what happened:
1. Connect to VPN at work
2. Login with plugin to server
3. Start copying a file
4. Internet connection breaks thus ending the VPN
5. TC hangs at 100% CPU
6. Reconnect the VPN, TC still hangs
You can abort transfers with the "Cancel" button, and most other operations (also transfers in some cases) with the ESC key.
I had a html-file, which was shortened in the middle and uploaded to the server replacing the old version. Unexpectedly, the file size on the server did not change and the end of that file appeared twice.
Thanks for finding that! Indeed the "open file" function seems to work differently than on Windows - setting the "create" flag doesn't truncate the file, it just opens it for writing. It seems that I have to set the "truncate" flag, then the target is set to 0 size at the beginning.
comparing folders by content does not work
I'm sorry but this isn't currently supported by TC for file system plugins (also not for normal ftp).
With the old sftp-plugin there was an option to use also the sessions which were stored by putty. Is there any plan to implement a similar function for the new plugin?
Currently I don't see a way to do this because the new plugin is no longer based on Putty, sorry.
Is it possible to copy files directly from one sftp-connection (e.g. left panel) to another sftp-connection (e.g right panel)?
No, sorry - the plugin would have to download the file and then re-upload it, which would be very inefficient and slow. Beta 0.6 now supports to copy files within a server, though, by sending the "cp" command directly as a shell command.