RE: [h-e-w] ange-ftp and ncftp

[Spector, Howard (FUSA)]

try adding the following to your .emacs file.  It should allow ange-ftp to
work with cygwin's.

(setq ange-ftp-ftp-program-args (list "-i" "-n" "-g" "-v" "--prompt" ""))

Howard.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pirot, Thierry [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 6:57 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [h-e-w] ange-ftp and ncftp
> 
> 
> 
>       Hello, 
> 
> I heard that cygwin's ftp didn't fit with ange-ftp, indeed it 
> crashed my
> emacs 20.7 on w2k. 
> I turned to window's ftp, to see some other kinds of crashing 
> that eventually turned out to come from a -D switch in the 
> dired ls command.
> 
> I wonder if it is possible to use cygwin's ncftp with ange-ftp ?
> Here is what resulted from my trial: 
> 
> ftp buffer: ---------------------------------------------------
> /usr/bin/ncftp: illegal option -- i
> Usage:  ncftp [-u user] [<host> | <URL>]
> 
> Program version:  NcFTP 3.0.2/501 October 19 2000, 04:47 AM   
>           
> Library version:  LibNcFTP 3.0.4 (October 18, 2000)
> System:           CYGWIN_NT-5.0 KHELDAR 1.1.8(0.34/3/2) 
> 2001-01-31 10:08
> i6...
> This is a freeware program by Mike Gleason (address@hidden).
> Use ncftpget and ncftpput for command-line FTP.
> 
> open easydoc
> 
> Backtrace buffer: --------------------------------------------
> Signaling: (file-error "writing to process" "invalid 
> argument" #<process
> *ftp address@hidden>)
>   send-string(#<process *ftp address@hidden> "open easydoc\n")
>   ange-ftp-raw-send-cmd(#<process *ftp address@hidden> 
> "open easydoc"
> "Opening FTP connection to easydoc")
>   ange-ftp-normal-login("easydoc" "giropar" "********" "" 
> #<process *ftp
> address@hidden>)
>   ange-ftp-get-process("easydoc" "giropar")
>   ange-ftp-send-cmd("easydoc" "giropar" (dir "/"
> "c:/DOCUME~1/PirotT/LOCALS~1/Temp/ange-ftpa1441om" "-al") "Listing
> /address@hidden:/")
>   ange-ftp-ls("/address@hidden:/" "-al" t t)
>   ange-ftp-get-files("/address@hidden:/" t)
>   ange-ftp-get-file-entry("/address@hidden:/")
>   ange-ftp-file-directory-p("/address@hidden:/")
>   apply(ange-ftp-file-directory-p "/address@hidden:/")
>   ange-ftp-hook-function(file-directory-p "/address@hidden:/")
>   file-directory-p("/address@hidden:/")
>   find-file-noselect("/address@hidden:/" nil nil 1)
>   find-file("/address@hidden:/" 1)
>   call-interactively(find-file)
> 
>       Thierry. 
> 


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