Mar 20, 2008
Version 0.8.4 released
This is an unscheduled release since a critical bug was reported which can cause file corruption when copying bigger files over FTP from a Windows machine. It is caused by a problem in the Java JRE. The new release avoids using this faulty API. Thanks for your help Thibault!
About
| Capivara is a two pane file manager with support for SFTP and FTP servers. Capivara is not an ordinary file manager because it adds synchronization features like comparing timestamps or SHA-1 hash values. |
The basic look and most key bindings are inspired by two file managers I really like to work with: mc and worker.
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First vidcast is out!
The first vidcast gives you an introduction of how to install Capivara and how to copy and synchronize files.
This video is only available in German right now, but we are going
to redo it in English after polishing our vidcast skills.
Download the vidcast here: capivara_vidcast01.avi (47 Mb)
Tell us what you think!
Translaters wanted!
I am still looking for people who would create and maintain language packs!
The website access statistics are clear: I need translations to Italian
and Spanish.
Send me an email if you want to participate!
The reason for making Capivara
When Capivara was launched (back in 2003) there were not too many
file synchronization tools available. For Linux there is no easy to use tool like
Foldermatch (well, there was none). rsync is a great tool but a
little complex for performing a quick sync to some USB drive. I wanted to have such a nice tool as Foldermatch
for free for Windows and for Linux.
Capivara is therefore entirely written in Java and hence, it easily runs on wide variety of platforms
like Windows, Linux, MacOS, ...
