New SFTP plugin available now

[ghisler(Author)]

My plugin just passes the names unchanged to the SFTP functions, it doesn't now about any name problems on the server. Maybe I can add an option like "escape the following characters" or so...

[azThazehT]

i dont know what winscp does, but as default it copies those files just fine to any kind of systems. maybe finding how it works may help?
i will try to investigate it myself too, but im not sure if i can find the solution

[Blizz]

Love the plugin, especially the fact that it also can connect via certificates, has always been a problem here and forced me to change to a different solution.

However I have a small question, is it possible to set the initial directory? Usually I have to be in a specific directory on the server and now I have to change to it. I am currently using the directory menu (ctrl+d) but this would save me time each login...

[JOUBE]

However I have a small question, is it possible to set the initial directory?

Please have a look at the very first text line of SFTP-Server properties:

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...(Server/Pfad oder Server:Port/Pfad)...

JOUBE

[Blizz]

Oh boy... feel free to slap me silly!
Can't believe I missed that.
Thanks for taking time to reply though

[wudile]

I can't move file from server to local, now it acts as copy, the file is still in the server after moving.

Does anyone find the same problem?

[ghisler(Author)]

For security reasons, only copying is currently supported, not moving. I don't trust the OpenSSH library enough yet to move files without being 100% certain that the target will be complete.

[PeterKutak]

Hi,

I found problem by coping files from local disk to SSH server by SFTP 0.92Beta

files with file name like ClassName$AnySubClass.class was uploded as ClassName.class (without part after dollar sign)


Many thanks for new SFTP plugin!

[ghisler(Author)]

This seems to be a problem of some servers - $xyz is interpreted as an environment variable on Unix-based systems, but this shouldn't happen for remote calls. I don't currently see how my plugin should prevent it.

[Sob]

Everyone having problem with $ characters, did you try both sftp and scp transfers? ('Use SCP for data transfers' checkbox in connection properties). Does the problem occur in both modes?

There's a known problem with _scp_ and older libssh2 (0.18, the one from cURL package recommended on the first page). The file names are not quoted properly and therefore characters after $ are evaluated by shell as variable. Try to upload e.g. test_$USER.txt and you get test_root.txt or whatever your username is.

This problem is fixed in newer libssh2 version. One is available here:

http://josefsson.org/gnutls4win/libssh2-1.1.zip

(you have to remove "-1" from dll's name).

If you have trouble even in sftp mode, then it would be some other problem.

[mag]

Hello,

I just tested the plugin in the current beta of TC 7.50 (pb1).
Almost everything seems to be working fine except for one little thing.

With TC 7.50 I'm unable to use commands directly typed into the TC command line, anything I type there (when having some SFTP connection open) is just ignored.

With TC 7.0 it was possible to change directories, files permissions etc... in the active SFTP connection this way which I used quite frequently.

[ghisler(Author)]

Hmm, no problem here so far, I tried e.g.
df
or
ps

and the result is shown in the log window.

What commands did you try? And what Windows version do you use?

[mag]

Yes, the ones you mention work here as well as some another I just tried.

The most important which doesn't work here is 'cd somepath' which is pretty useful for me.
And as far as I remember there was some another which I just can't recall at the moment.

Tested at Win XP Pro SP3 en-US connected to RHEL 5.3 Linux and HP-UX 11i v2 servers.

[ghisler(Author)]

I can confirm that the cd command doesn't work, thanks! When I find the reason, I will fix TC 7.5 and/or then plugin.

[JOUBE]

There is a difference between your FS-Plugins SFTP and Webdav with the new breadcrump feature in Tc7.50B1. If opening the Webdav-Plugin within the breadcrump menues, the plugin automaticly connects with the selected server. This does not happen with the SFTP-Plugin. Why?

JOUBE