Re: "File exists, but cannot be read"

[Michael Albinus]

Gary <address@hidden> writes:

>> So we must try it with scp,
>> even for small pieces.
>
> Well, doesn't (add-to-list 'tramp-default-method-alist '("some-host"
> "root" "scp")) cover that? (Okay, it's clean "some-host" and "somehost"
> are not the real names of the server, but they are just transcription
> errors when I made the changes.)

In general, yes. But for small files, establishing an scp connection is
too expansive; Tramp tries inline encoding, therefore.

>> Please set tramp-copy-size-limit to -1, and try it, again. You should
>> flush your connections first by "M-x tramp-cleanup-all-connections".

This would avoid inline encoding at all.

Best regards, Michael.