MiniFTP 1.5

lightweight FTP Client for Kick 1.3

Short:        lightweight FTP Client for Kick 1.3
Author:       aminet@c64.social (Marcel Jähne)
Uploader:     aminet c64 social (Marcel Jähne)
Type:         comm/tcp
Version:      1.5
Replaces:     comm/tcp/MiniFTP.lha
Requires:     A TCP/IP Stack like e.g. TheWire13
Architecture: m68k-amigaos = 1.3
Distribution: Aminet

MiniFTP is a classic AmigaOS 1.3 Intuition FTP client.
======================================================


## Requirements

* AmigaOS 1.3 (maybe other OS works,too?)
* bsdsocket.library and a working TCP/IP stack
* at least 68000 CPU (>=68020 recommended)

Sources and more Infos: https://github.com/amiga-stumpi/MiniFTP

Changelog
_______________
v1.5

- An Open button replacing Load, with a mounted-drive picker for the local
  pane. Select a drive to open its root directory; device and volume names are
  shown together. The picker supports paging, Cancel, Escape and window close.
- Independent horizontal scrollbars with arrows and draggable sliders for both
  file panes. FTP scrolling also reveals long remote paths.
- A Transfer menu with selectable upload blocks of 128, 512, 1024 or 2048 bytes
  and separate timings for data transfer, size checks and directory listing.
- Reproducible benchmark files with SHA-256 validation, plus regression tests
  for buffered transfers, recursive batches, drive enumeration and long names.
- A `make test` target running all five host-side test suites.
- Upload and download file I/O uses an 8 KB buffer, with 4 KB and 2 KB allocation
  fallbacks and a static 2 KB fallback for low-memory conditions.
- Uploads try nonblocking sends before waiting for socket capacity. Partial
  sends are handled correctly; the provisional default upload block is 512 bytes.
- Removed the extra upload download-and-compare pass. FTP completion replies
  and server SIZE checks remain; unavailable SIZE checks are reported explicitly.
- Batch transfers refresh visible directories at completion instead of after
  every file. Recursive operations retain the scans needed for traversal.
- Progress redraws are limited to one every 250 ms, independently of abort
  handling. Scrolling redraws only the affected pane and related scrollbar/path.
- FTP file names up to 255 bytes are preserved. Directory path buffers now hold
  up to 511 bytes, with larger FTP command, listing and address-book buffers.
- Enter in the local path field opens a manually entered directory.
- Loading an FTP directory displays `Listing Directory...` during data
  connection setup as well as listing reception.
- Removed the invalid check of the pre-V36 `Close()` return value that caused
  false `Local file close failed` errors and disconnections on AmigaOS 1.3.
  Buffered writes, FTP completion replies and available size checks remain.
- Long FTP names are no longer silently truncated to 63 bytes. Unsupported
  names, oversized listing lines and paths are rejected or reported explicitly.
- Downloads use the exact remote file name instead of interpreting it as a
  local path and retaining only its suffix.
- Scrollbar movement no longer refreshes the entire MiniFTP window.
- Transfer cleanup preserves error messages, releases buffers and snapshots,
  and restores the local directory after failures or cancellation.


v1.4

 - A Disconnect button to cancel active operations and close the FTP 
   connection added.
 - New Menue: Project -> Send to back, available while network 
   operations are running.
 - Host-side regression tests for dynamic lists, memory allocation 
   failures, cancellation, socket waits, and window layout.
 - Local and remote directory lists now grow with available memory 
   instead of stopping at 128 entries. Recursive transfers and deletion 
   use dynamically allocated snapshots as well.
 - Incomplete directory lists are reported explicitly and cannot be used 
   to start recursive selection operations.
 - Socket waits process GUI events in 100 ms intervals. Transfers, upload 
   verification, recursive operations, and large-list sorting/copying 
   check for cancellation. Closing the main window also requests 
   cancellation.
 - Disconnect and exit close sockets without waiting for a FTP QUIT reply. 
   Cancelled transfers may leave partial files; completed changes are not 
   rolled back.
 - Startup sizing uses the Workbench screen dimensions and leaves its title 
   bar accessible when space permits.
 - The minimum window size is now 560x186, with more compact transfer buttons.

v1.3
 - Addressbook added

v1.2
 - Main actions now use real Intuition button gadgets.
 - Info was moved from the main window to Project -> Info.
 - Files and directories can now be selected in the file panes.
 - Multi-selection support for upload, download, and delete.
 - Recursive directory upload.
 - Recursive directory download.
 - Recursive local file/directory deletion.
 - Recursive FTP file/directory deletion using DELE and RMD.
 - Delete now asks for confirmation only once at the start of the delete operation.
 - New DIR + button for creating a remote directory via FTP MKD.
 - DIR + opens an input window with a directory name field and an OK button.

v1.1 
 - Download improvements
 - OS3.x compatibility improved


##License

MiniFTP is freeware and 100% Java and Lumi free!

This software may be freely used, copied, and redistributed in unmodified
form.

The software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Use at your
own risk.

Copyright (c)2026 Marcel Jähne