Re: ange-ftp and sftp?

[Phillip Lord]

>>>>> "Jerry" == Jerry Sievers <jerry@jerrysievers.com> writes:

  Jerry> Hello.  This is on Emacs 20.7

  Jerry> Wondering what it would take to have ange-ftp use sftp
  Jerry> instead of regular ftp?

  Jerry> The sftp requires the hostname be given as command line
  Jerry> parameter rather than set using OPEN as per traditional ftp.

  Jerry> Aside from this, not sure what other incompatibilities exist.

  Jerry> Rather learn if this has been addressed before I try wrapping
  Jerry> sftp with something that can emulate what traditional ftp
  Jerry> clients expect.


It would probably be easier just to use tramp instead. I don't know if
it will do sftp, but I do know that it can tunnel directly through
ssh. I use this all the time. 

I suspect that you have never tried tramp. It's a fine package!

http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/tramp

Phil