Re: tramp creates file - with contents xyzzy on login

[Michael Albinus]

Han Boetes <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I noticed that tramp creates the file - with contents xyzzy on login.
>
> ;; tramp settings
> (setq tramp-default-method "sshx"
>       tramp-auto-save-directory "~/.tmp")
>
> looking at the source the xyzzy string is related to having
> uuencode/decode which I installed on both systems.
>
> Looks like a bug to me.
>
> In an attempt to find out what caused the creation of this file I made
> - inmutable with no contents and... emacs doesn't crash anymore when I
> tramp logs in.

I've tried to reproduce it; without success.

The string "xyzzy" is used only for checking correct work of uu(en|de)code.
Could you, please, try the following command on your remote host:

echo xyzzy | uuencode xxx | uudecode -o -

The result should be "xyzzy"

> # Han

Best regards, Michael.