Mehmet Tekman writes: Hi Mehmet, > Steps to reproduce: > =================== > 1. Visit a remote directory via "C-x C-f" > 2. Select a remote directory to compress by typing "c" on the > directory > 3. Type in a new zip name at the same level of the remote directory. > 4. Witness error message *dired-check-progress-output* buffer: > >> zip I/O error: No such file or directory >> zip error: Could not create output file > (/ssh:user@ipadd#customport:/home/user/path/to/new/zip/myzip.zip) Thanks for the report, I could reproduce it here. The appended patch fixes this for me, could you pls check? Best regards, Michael.