The newest version of FtpServer can be found at
              http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/html/software.html
     or     ftp://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/software/ftpser07.zip
I have also uploaded a copy to Hobbes, and later today I will be uploading
a copy to BMT Micro.

LIST OF CHANGES

Version 0.70
   Added a check for transfer so fast that system reports a
     negative transfer time.
   Changed the rules for permission to delete a directory.
     To delete a directory, the user must now have delete
     permission in the parent of the directory to be deleted.
     (This is more consistent with the existing rules about
     read and write permissions.  For example, it's the parent
     directory's permissions that are relevant when deciding
     whether it's legal to create a subdirectory.)

I see that some people are getting faster at detecting new versions.
This time ten copies were downloaded before I had a chance to
send out this announcement.

For anyone using the Netmind URL-minder, the counter on my
web page no longer triggers spurious change notices - I'm using
a new version of Web/2 that inserts URL-MINDER-IGNORE tags.

If anyone is looking for a WWW server, by the way, I strongly
recommend Web/2.  I know there are lots of web servers available
for OS/2, but in my opinion this one is far better than all the rest.
(And it's free.)  You can find it at http://ozbbs.ml.org/dink/.
I also use his "newmail" to keep a watch on my POP mailbox -
very useful, because my computer slows right down if I keep
PMMail running all the time.  (Mostly I like PMMail, but it's a big
memory hog.)

Future plans: my own software development is slowing down over
the next few months because of an unusually high workload; but
when I get time I plan to tackle the software problems in the
following order:
  -  Restore support for the "ls -a" option, since it turns out that
     there's an ftp client that needs it.
  -  Add a "retry" capability to Weasel.
  -  Investigate the feasibility of adding symbolic links to the
     FtpServer directory listings.
I also have vague ideas about doing a Windows version of
FtpServer (which would NOT be free), but that depends on a number
of factors: getting enough time to do it, being able to afford a Windows
compiler, and getting a copy of the hard-to-find Windows API
documentation.  For now it's a low-priority project.

I've also been developing a client-server INI file editor for those
who have to do remote system administration, but I had to stop
work on that because of all the time spent on FtpServer and
Weasel.  I'll get back to that when I get a chance.
 

CONTACT AUTHOR:

Peter Moylan
peter@ee.newcastle.edu.au
OS/2 help and software at
http://eepjm.newcastle.edu.au/html/os2home.html