Re: dired on freebsd machine does not get file permissions, lists horizontally

[Michael Albinus]

Terrence Brannon <address@hidden> writes:

> mmm9500 # /bin/ls --color=never -al /u/autobahn/scripts/.
> ls: -al: No such file or directory
> /u/autobahn/scripts/.:
> cgi             cron            diy             remote          tmp
> cgi_login       daemon          fork            shell           transaction
> cgi_obj         database        generic         system

OK, your /bin/ls does not like the order of the arguments. What happens,
if you call

# /bin/ls -al --color=never /u/autobahn/scripts/.

Furthermore, during its initialization, Tramp checks whether the
"--color=never" argument can be applied. What do you see when calling

# /bin/ls --color=never /

What is the return code?

Best regards, Michael.