bug#18751: 25.0.50; Unable to copy hidden (dot) files from remote shared server (Linux) to local machine (OSX).

[Keith David Bershatsky]

Using tramp / dired-mode to access a remote shared Centos linux server -- e.g., 
`(find-file "/ssh:lawlist@12.34.56.789:/home/lawlist/")` -- I have not been 
able to subsequently copy files / directories recursively from the remote 
server to the local machine with `dired-do-copy`.  The variable 
`dired-recursive-copies` is set to `always` -- i.e., `(setq 
dired-recursive-copies 'always)`.

What happens is that the directory selected gets copied from the remote to the 
local, but nothing inside the directory gets copied over -- i.e., an empty 
folder is created on the local machine (which has the name of the folder that 
was copied), but nothing else happens except the following error message:

Copy '/ssh:lawlist@12.34.56.789:/home/lawlist/wcnsql' to 
'/Users/HOME/Desktop/wcnsql' failed:
(file-error Opening input file no such file or directory 
/ssh:lawlist@12.34.56.789:/home/lawlist/wcnsql/.www.my.cnf)

The permissions for the file at issue is:  `-rw-r--r--` (aka 644).  The owner / 
group is 718.  The file at issue is NOT a symbolic link.

Thanks,

Keith

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In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0, NS appkit-1038.36 Version 
10.6.8 (Build 10K549))
 of 2014-10-01 on MP.local
Repository revision: 117996 dmantipov@yandex.ru-20141001132108-zdsxru2390mqyjlu
Windowing system distributor `Apple', version 10.3.1038
Configured using:
 `configure --with-ns'

Configured features:
ACL LIBXML2 ZLIB

Important settings:
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: Dired by name

Minor modes in effect:
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Recent input:
<down-mouse-3> <mouse-3> <s-down> <up> <up> <up> c 
<S-s-left> ~ / D e s k t o p <return> <escape> x r 
e p o r t - e m a c s - b u g <return>

Recent messages:
Tramp: Sending command `exec ssh -l lawlist  -o 
ControlPath=/var/folders/rJ/rJIVeQSJE6G3jvy-iIQi5k+++TI/-Tmp-/tramp.2638Qnq.%r@%h:%p
 -o ControlMaster=auto -e none 12.34.56.789'
Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell...
Tramp: Sending Password
Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell...done
Tramp: Found remote shell prompt on `12.34.56.789'
Tramp: Opening connection for lawlist@12.34.56.789 using ssh...done
Copying /ssh:lawlist@12.34.56.789:/home/lawlist/wcnsql/.www.my.cnf to 
/Users/HOME/Desktop/wcnsql/.www.my.cnf...failed
Copy `/ssh:lawlist@12.34.56.789:/home/lawlist/wcnsql' to 
`/Users/HOME/Desktop/wcnsql' failed:
(file-error Opening input file no such file or directory 
/ssh:lawlist@12.34.56.789:/home/lawlist/wcnsql/.www.my.cnf)


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