Download WinSCP 4.19

A new stable version of WinSCP was released on Thursday. Released under an open source license, this program allows files to be securely copied between two computers. The program supports ftp, secure ftp and the older secure copy (scp) protocol. WinSCP is not only available as a standalone program, but is also available as plugin available for the file management programs FAR and Altap Salamander. The changelog of this release shows the following changes:

Changes in version 4.1.9 (hotfix)

• Workaround for problem with Tectia SFTP server corrupting remote file if resumed transfer fails again. 351
• Errors while keeping session alive with FTP protocol are ignored.
• Bug fix: When synchronizing timestamps of local files, update of non-existing local files was offered. 346
• Bug fix: When name of destination remote file was changed on overwrite confirmation dialog, timestamps and permissions were yet set on the original filename (SFTP only).
• Bug fix: Change of name of destination remote file on overwrite confirmation dialog was not reflected properly for resumable file transfers (SFTP only).
• Bug fix: Failure during dummy listing of remote directory with FTP as form of keepalive, while error message of failed regular directory listing was shown.
• Bug fix: Failure after closing internal editor. 349
• Bug fix: Infinite loop when FTP directory listing with -a switch fails. 352
• Bug fix: Paste in an internal editor could not be undone. 354
• Bug fix: Script switch -preservetime did not work. 361
• Bug fix: Repetitive prompts for adding bookmark when switching between “bookmark” and “location profile” mode.
• Bug fix: Suspending background transfer was not working with FTP. 341
• Bug fix: Occasional failure when showing main window. 369
• Bug fix: Status bar on log file window always indicated no log file. 370
• Bug fix: Just leaved directory was not focused in file panel when paths as reported by remote server ended with slash. 371
• Bug fix: Opening session in PuTTY was not working for ad-hoc sessions. 372
• Bug fix: Incorrectly URL-encoded character in session specification may caused the session to be silently ignored. 373
• Bug fix: Failure of authentication was not shown on authentication dialog with FTP protocol.
• Bug fix: Directories with no transferred files were not created on upload with FTP. 137