Release Notes for
                      P4FTP, the Helix FTP Client
                              Version 2017.1

Introduction

        This document lists all user-visible changes to the Helix 
        FTP Plug-in (P4FTP) between Release 2001.1 and 2016.1.

	For details about installing and using P4FTP, refer to the Helix
	P4FTP User's Guide, on the Perforce Web site.


Supported Platforms

    Windows 8 for Intel(x86, x64)
    Windows 8.1 for Intel(x86, x64)
    Windows 2008 for Intel(x86, x64)
    Windows 2012 for Intel(x64)
    Windows 2016 for Intel(x64)
    Linux kernel 2.6+ for 32-bit Intel(x86,x86_64)
    Mac OS X 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10 for Intel(x86,x86_64)
    Apple Darwin 9.0 for Intel(x86,x86_64)

Interoperating With Previous Releases

    1.  Unless stated otherwise you can intermix any release Helix
        Perforce FTP Plug-in with any released Perforce server later
	than 99.1, but any functionality new to 2011.1 may require you 
	to upgrade the plug-in and/or the server. Upgrade requirements
	are indicated using the following marks in the notes below.

            * -- requires new p4ftpd plug-in program
            ** -- requires new p4d server program

	Note that pre-2000.2 servers do not support the 'p4 fstat -l'
	command, which means that the FTP 'ls' command cannot return 
	file size.

HTML editor compatibility
    
	The Helix P4FTP User's Guide tells you how to configure several
	popular HTML editors to access depot files using P4FTP. These
	editors are the ones we have verified as working with P4FTP, but
	any HTML editor that supports FTP access of remote sites will
	probably work.


Mapping depots as FTP sites

	You can make depots accessible to users using operating system 
	features that enable you to map FTP sites as network drives or shares.
	
	* Windows: Use the 'Add Network Place' wizard to add a folder 
	  connected to the P4FTP server
	* Mac OS X: Use the 'Connect to Server' dialog
	* Linux: Build ftpfs (http://lufs.sourceforge.net/lufs).
	
	Use the following format for the URL (assuming P4FTP is using port 1234:
	
		ftp://p4ftp_host_name/

	or:

	   	ftp://p4ftp_host_name:1234/

	
Known problems

	The following known Perforce 2000.2 server problem affects 
	P4FTP's ability to report file size on Windows computers:

	Bug 5187: p4 fstat -l reports size "qd" on Windows server.
  
	Attempting to retrieve the file size of a file in the depot 
	from a Windows based server reports the size as "qd".

	This problem does not affect users with 2001.1 or later
	Perforce Servers.


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Major new functionality in 2017.1

	(none)

Minor new functionality in 2017.1

	(none)

Bugs fixed in 2017.1

	(none)