From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
To: Ken Goldman <kgold@watson.ibm.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: ange-ftp using binary mode
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:54:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zkclttaa.fsf@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jh43p6$gfu$1@dough.gmane.org> (Ken Goldman's message of "Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:55:49 -0500")
Ken Goldman <kgold@watson.ibm.com> writes:
> I have to use ange-ftp because the server I'm connecting to doesn't
> run ssh. When I transfer, it uses binary, which does not work. The
> server is a mainframe and likely uses ebcdic.
>
> If I ftp from the command line in ascii mode, the file comes over to
> Windows correctly. If I enter the commands by hand in the ange-ftp,
> setting ascii, it works.
>
> How do I tell ange-ftp to use ascii?
>
> I set ange-ftp-binary-file-name-regexp to "", even though the .cpp
> file wasn't in the regexp.
`ange-ftp-binary-file-name-regexp' tells, which files are to be
transferred in binary mode. "" matches ALL files. So you must set it to
a regexp, which doesn't match any file name, like "^$" (which is the
empty file name).
Best regards, Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-14 13:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-10 21:55 ange-ftp using binary mode Ken Goldman
2012-02-11 7:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-02-15 20:17 ` Ken Goldman
2012-02-15 20:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-02-15 21:25 ` Ken Goldman
2012-02-14 13:54 ` Michael Albinus [this message]
2012-02-15 19:59 ` Ken Goldman
2012-02-15 21:30 ` Ken Goldman
2012-02-16 10:42 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-23 19:59 ` Ken Goldman
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