RE: [h-e-w] ange-ftp was working, now reports DIR failed: usage: error

[egcord]

It was, as identified below, caused by the temp directory path containing
spaces
(although I don't understand how it ever did work for me, unless I'm having
flashbacks). I just created c:\temp and changed the TEMP environment
variable to
point there. Thanks for your help.

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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.