Re: TRAMP copies binary files incorrectly

[Chris Moore]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

> Do _all_ files from that machine copy incorrectly?  Or just some?

No.  Plain text files copy correctly for example.  And I just noticed
that using /scp:... instead of /ssh:... works fine, too.  I only used
ssh in the first place because I didn't have ssh-agent running and the
scp method prompts for the password over and over.

> Also, could you show the contents of the *Messages* buffer after the
> copy operation finishes?

Certainly, but I don't know how much it will help.  You see I have 2
machine here, both running debian sid.  On one I can copy the 1-byte
file and on the other it turns into a 2-byte file.  The *Messages*
buffer is identical on the 2 machines (other than the name of the
temporary file used, which looks to be random).

Here it is:

Loading tramp...
Loading regexp-opt...done
Loading tramp...done
tramp: Opening connection for address@hidden using ssh...
tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell
tramp: Waiting 60s for prompt from remote shell
tramp: Sending password
tramp: Found remote shell prompt.
tramp: Initializing remote shell
Loading time-date...done
tramp: Waiting 30s for remote `/bin/sh' to come up...
tramp: Setting up remote shell environment
tramp: Checking remote host type for `send-process-string' bug
tramp: Determining coding system
tramp: Waiting 30s for `HISTFILE=$HOME/.tramp_history; HISTSIZE=1; export 
HISTFILE; export HISTSIZE'
tramp: Waiting 30s for `set +o vi +o emacs'
tramp: Waiting 30s for `unset MAIL MAILCHECK MAILPATH'
tramp: Waiting 30s for `unset CDPATH'
tramp: Setting shell prompt
tramp: Remote `/bin/sh' groks tilde expansion, good
tramp: Finding command to check if file exists
tramp: Finding a suitable `ls' command
tramp: Checking remote `/usr/xpg4/bin/ls' command for `-n' option
tramp: Checking remote `/bin/ls' command for `-n' option
tramp: Testing remote command `/bin/ls' for -n...okay
tramp: Using remote command `/bin/ls' for getting directory listings
tramp: Sending the Perl `mime-encode' implementations.
tramp: Sending the Perl `mime-decode' implementations.
tramp: Checking remote encoding command `mimencode -b' for sanity
tramp: Checking remote encoding command `mmencode -b' for sanity
tramp: Checking remote encoding command `recode data..base64' for sanity
tramp: Checking remote encoding command `uuencode xxx' for sanity
tramp: Checking remote decoding command `uudecode -o /dev/stdout' for sanity
tramp: Checking to see if encoding/decoding commands work on remote host...done
tramp: Sending the Perl script `tramp_file_attributes'...done.
tramp: Encoding remote file /ssh:address@hidden:/home/dooglus/image1...
tramp: Decoding remote file /ssh:address@hidden:/home/dooglus/image1...
tramp: Decoding remote file /ssh:address@hidden:/home/dooglus/image1 with 
function uudecode-decode-region...
Loading uudecode...done
Wrote /tmp/tramp.5003zUW
tramp: Decoding remote file /ssh:address@hidden:/home/dooglus/image1...done
tramp: Inserting local temp file `/tmp/tramp.5003zUW'...done
Wrote /tmp/file
Loading dired...done