                         FarScp plugin for FAR manager.

                       Copyright (c) 2001,2002 Andrew Bekefi.


 How to install and configure connection:
  1. Exit from all FAR copies.
  2. Run "Windows Explorer"
  3. Make SCP folder in FAR\Plugin directory
  4. Copy files from this archive to SCP folder
  5. Download and install Simon Tatham's Putty software.
     This plugin version (0.9 beta 4) REQUIRES Putty 0.53
     plink and pscp utilities.
     (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty)
  6. Run Far and in "File panels" press ALT+F1/F2 (or F11) and 
     select SCP client. Press Shift+F4 and type in your SSH URL in 
     the form username@host:port/directory. You can type your password
     in the next input box if SSH server uses password authentication.
     Fill up 'Private key file' field if you use public/private key
     authentication.
     Press ALT+A and type in the path of putty and plink exe.
     Press 'Test connection'. If test has finished successfully
     you can use this plugin.


 KNOWN PROBLEMS, MISCALLENOUS COMMENTS:

  - Turn on SFTP quoting mode if you had problems with editing,
    viewing, copying files.
    
  - Example for "User profile" parameter:
    . /home/guest/.profile
    Be sure to type "." before your script name, because environment
    settings remain visible only in this way.
 
  - I compiled this plugin with Far 1.70 beta 4. This version doesn't
    work with earlier Far vesions !

  - I've made this plugin for my personal use only and it's
    really under construction. I use it on 
    MS Windows NT Server 4.0 and it seems stable. Plugin works on 
    Windows ME and Win2K too. 

  - There is no help available. (I will write it but I have other
    projects too !) But I think FAR users will find out how can
    it be used !

  - I connect with this plugin to SSH1 and SSH2 protocols with
    password and RSA authentication too.

  - Speed: plugin runs fast enough with password authentication,
    but it slow a bit with RSA authentication. (Plugin starts
    new ssh session for every operation - changing directory,
    view file, edit file - and 3DES crypting method has high
    costs, it needs a lot of calculation.)

  - Plugin has every limitation what Putty has.

  - Plugin doesn't store any password neither in file nor in
    registry. 

  - Plugin sends command line directly to SSH server. But you
    can't use pipe and input/output redirection. A workaround
    for output redirection when you start command with a preceding
    '>' character. In this way output will be visible in a far
    editor window. 
	  Example:
  		Prompt: cica>
		  Type: >ps -fe
		Now command line looks: cica>>ps -fe
		Press ENTER and an editor window will open with
		tasklist in it.

  - I learned russion about 10 years (I'm hungarian) but I 
    don't remember it so I cound't write ..._ru.hlf and ..._ru.lng 
    files. Sorry !



  All bugs reports and your wishes send to: farscp@yahoo.com
  (Please send a mail if you use this plugin !)
  (english or hungarian please)

  FarScp Home page:         http://www.geocities.com/farscp

  Andrew Bekefi                                           Nov ?? 2002
