Re: ange-ftp pb renaming files

[Kevin Rodgers]

Drew Adams wrote:
> I'm using Emacs 20.7.3 on Windows.
>
> I access a remote directory on a Solaris machine in Dired. When I try to
> move (rename) marked files I always get errors like the following, where
> <MACHINE> is the remote Solaris machine, <PATH> is the directory, <NAME> and
> <NEWNAME> are the file to be renamed and its new name:
>
> Move `/<MACHINE>:/<PATH>/<NAME>' to `/<MACHINE>:/<PATH>/<NEWNAME>' failed:
> (ftp-error Renaming FTP Error: "---> RNFR /<PATH>/<NAME>"
> /<MACHINE>:/<PATH>/<NAME> /<MACHINE>:/<PATH>/<NEWNAME>)
>
> Copy sometimes works (but not recursively), but rename does not.
>
> Sometimes the rename _deletes the original_ without creating the new-name
> file. After trying to copy a subdirectory fails, all copies of normal files
> fail also, with this error message: (ftp-error FTP Error: BINARY
> failed: ---> TYPE I)
>
> There is no problem renaming and copying on the local machine. I guess this
> is a problem with ange-ftp?

You might want to try upgrading to Emacs 21.3, which was released
almost a year and a half ago (and almost 3 years after 20.7) and which
contains numerous changes to ange-ftp.el since 20.7.

But I suspect the problem is between the Windows ftp client and the
Solaris ftp server.

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Kevin Rodgers