Attachment "pat.hpupdate" to
ticket [548221ffff]
added by
lvirden
2002-04-25 00:14:49.
--- /vol/tclsrcsol/tcl84/tcllib/examples/ftp/hpupdate.tcl 2002-02-15 00:35:29.000000000 -0500
+++ /ldatae/bin/hpupdate 2002-04-24 13:07:25.760011000 -0400
@@ -239,3 +239,3 @@
-# hourglas
+# hourglass
proc BusyCommand {args} {
@@ -406,3 +406,3 @@
-# Verbindung zum file_Server trennen
+# Remove connection to file server
proc Disconnect {} {
@@ -430,3 +430,3 @@
-# Anzeige des Verbindungsstatus
+# Display connection status
proc ShowStatus {} {
@@ -614,3 +614,3 @@
-# Balkenanzeige in der Statuszeile
+# Progress bar displayed in status line
proc ProgressBar {state {bytes 0} {filename ""}} {
@@ -956,20 +957,20 @@
In order to simplify the transfer of the files of my homepage to the
-FTP server of my Internet service provider, I looked at the end of
-1996 for an useful tool. First times Linux offered only the extension
-of the abilities of the command line utility called ftp. As fan of
-Tcl/Tk my selection immediately fell on "expect". Very suitably
+FTP server of my Internet Service Provider, I looked at the end of
+1996 for an useful tool. Linux offered only the
+abilities of the ftp command line utility. As fan of
+Tcl/Tk, my selection immediately fell on "expect", which was very suitable
to automate interactive processes like FTP sessions. A little bit
-more tcl source code and hpupdate 0.1 was finished, a script for
-automatic updating of the homepage files.
+more Tcl source code and hpupdate 0.1 was finished, a script for
+automatic updating of my homepage files.
-At the beginning of 1997 I was more intensively occupied with the
-FTP protocoll. At the same time I played with the socket command
-of Tcl. Thus the FTP library package for Tcl7.6 was developed.
+At the beginning of 1997, I was more intensively occupied with the
+FTP protocol. At the same time I played with Tcl's socket command.
+Thus the FTP library package for Tcl7.6 was developed.
This forms the basis for hpupdate.
-So far the program runs under Linux with tcl/tk8.0. I have it once
-tested on Windows 3.11 (with Win32s) and Windows 95 and it runs
-perfectly. Today there are no experiences with Windows NT and
-Macintosh. Perhaps somebody is found, who will test it in this
-environment.I would like to be informed of your experiences!
+So far, the program runs under Linux with Tcl/Tk 8.0. I have once
+tested it on Windows 3.11 (with Win32s) and Windows 95 and it runs
+perfectly. Today I have no experiences with Windows NT and
+Macintosh. Perhaps somebody will be found who will test it in these
+environments. I would like to be informed of your experiences!
Thank you!
@@ -987,10 +988,10 @@
-The great advantage of hpupdate is the independence of its platform
+The great advantage of hpupdate is its platform independence
because of using Tcl/Tk.
-If you do not have already installed Tcl/Tk 8.0, at first you must
-install it. Get it from the known locations and follow the
-installation instructions.
+If you do not have Tcl/Tk 8.0 installed already, at first you must
+install it. Get it from the known locations such as http://tcl.sf.net/
+and follow the installation instructions.
-If you do not have already installed the ftp library package, you must
+If you have not already installed the ftp library package, you must
install it. Get it from my homepage and follow the
@@ -998,3 +999,3 @@
-Start up hpupdate and change the prefered options in option menu.
+Start up hpupdate and change the preferred options in option menu.
@@ -1014,3 +1015,3 @@
-Hpupdate is divided into 4 areas
+The hpupdate application is divided into 4 areas:
@@ -1035,2 +1036,5 @@
Reads new file data and refreshs it in the list.
+
+ Options / Preferences
+Interface to saving your login, password, ftp server, etc.
@@ -1039,15 +1043,15 @@
2.) local file list
-This list contains the file names and the file size of the local
-homepage directory. When getting filename date and time-of-day
-of the files are compared with the time stamp of the latter transfer.
-hen getting filename to the list, the date/time entry of files is read
-and compared with the timestamp of the last update. Files, of which date
-and time are newer than the timestamp, are detected as updated and
-marked for upload.
-It is also possible to mark/unmark the files manual per mouse click.
+This list contains the file names and sizes from the local
+homepage directory. The file name, date and time-of-day
+of the files are compared with the time stamp of the remote files.
+When getting the filename for this list, the date/time entry of each file
+is read and compared with the timestamp of the last update.
+Files which have a date and/or time newer than the remote file's timestamp
+are detected as updated and marked for upload.
+It is also possible to mark/unmark the files manually per mouse click.
The capacity of all files in the directory is displayed in blue.
-Besides of this the capacity of all marked files as well as its count
-(in parentheses) were shown.
+Besides this, the capacity of the marked files, as well as the count of files
+(in parentheses) are shown.
-By pressing the button "Upload" all selected files in the local
+By pressing the button "Upload", all selected files in the local
homepage directory will be transfered to the remote FTP server.
@@ -1055,25 +1059,25 @@
3.) remote file list
-The files at the FTP site appeara in this list after connection with
-the FTP server. The remote directories will be compared with the local.
-Files, which are not in the local list, are detected as superfluous a
+The files at the FTP site appear in this list after connection with
+the FTP server. The remote files will be compared with the local files.
+Files which are not in the local list are detected as superfluous
and marked for deletion.
-It is also possible to mark/unmark the files manual per mouse click.
-The number of marked files is displayd in an extra frame.
-Additionally the summary disk space is shown.
+It is also possible to mark/unmark files manually per mouse click.
+The number of marked files is displayed in an extra frame.
+Additionally, the summary disk space is shown.
The capacity of all files in the directory is displayed in blue.
-Besides of this the capacity of all marked files as well as its count
-(in parentheses) were shown.
+Besides this, the capacity of all marked files as well as the count
+(in parentheses) is shown.
-By pressing the button "Delete" all selected files in the remoet homepage
+By pressing the button "Delete", all selected files in the remote homepage
directory will be deleted.
-NOTE: Synchronize the scrolling of both list with checkbutton
-"sychronize scrollbars "
+NOTE: Synchronize the scrolling of both lists by pressing the checkbutton
+"sychronize scrollbars ".
4.) status line
-The status line shows when the last update of homepage has taken place.
-This display is alway updated after every upload, that means after
-every file transfer. Internal the file "hpupdate.ts" is provided
-with a new timestamp. After this moment all modified local files
-are automatically detected with the next refresh and marked for upload.
+The status line shows when the last update of the remote system has taken place.
+This display is always updated after every file transfer.
+Internally, the file "hpupdate.ts" is provided with a new timestamp.
+After this moment, all modified local files are automatically detected
+with the next refresh and marked for upload.
@@ -1083,3 +1087,3 @@
EXTENSION:
-The green LED shows the conecction status, a lighter green means an
+The green LED shows the connection status, a lighter green means an
established connection.
@@ -1093,7 +1097,7 @@
- Required: tcl/tk8.0x
+ Required: Tcl/Tk8.0x
Created: 12/96
- Changed: 12/98
- Version: 2.0
+ Changed: 04/2002
+ Version: 2.1
