Re: tramp/ange-ftp problem when copying into directory shown in dired buffer

[Juri Linkov]

Michael Albinus <address@hidden> writes:
> Urban Engberg <address@hidden> writes:
>> The problem seems to be that dired-insert-directory wants to insert
>> the file xxx.txt into the remote dired buffer, and instructs tramp to
>> do so by doing a
>>
>>    insert-directory("xxx.txt" "--dired -ald" nil nil)
>>
>> This is not handled correctly by tramp/ange-ftp however, as it tries to
>> cd to xxx.txt as if it was a directory.
>
> It reminds me that a similar problem has been reported months ago:
> <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.tramp/1586>, 3rd article in
> thread and following.

I have been using your patch locally for months and had no problems
with it.  IIRC, it might cause some problems on netbsd.  Right?

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/