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RE: [h-e-w] ange-ftp was working, now reports DIR failed: usage: error
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andrew . maguire |
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RE: [h-e-w] ange-ftp was working, now reports DIR failed: usage: error |
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Thu, 24 Jan 2002 09:20:49 -0500 |
I bet you're running Windows 2000 or above!
Someone at Redmond decided to hide the TEMP directory in some obsure
directory structure AND have it include spaces (will they ever learn) ;-)
Andrew
> From: Jason Rumney [mailto:address@hidden
> egcord <address@hidden> writes:
>
> >
> > Ange-ftp under NT emacs 21.1.1 was working fine for me, but
> now always
> > reports
> >
> > ange-ftp-error: FTP Error: DIR failed: Usage: ls remote
> directory local
> > file
> >
> > with messages like the following in the ftp buffer:
> >
> > ls "-al /." c:/Documents and Settings/myname/Local
> > Settings/Temp/ange-ftp1364knI
> > Usage: ls remote directory local file.
> >
> > I can't think of anything that has changed, except for the
> passage of a day.
>
> It looks like the spaces in your temp directory are at fault. Since it
> worked before, I guess some other program has changed the TEMP or TMP
> environment variable.
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