From: Ken Goldman <kgold@watson.ibm.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: ange-ftp using binary mode
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:59:43 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jhh2rf$5np$1@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zkclttaa.fsf@gmx.de>
On 2/14/2012 8:54 AM, Michael Albinus wrote:
> Ken Goldman<kgold@watson.ibm.com> writes:
>
>> I have to use ange-ftp because the server I'm connecting to doesn't
>> run ssh. When I transfer, it uses binary, which does not work. The
>> server is a mainframe and likely uses ebcdic.
>>
>> If I ftp from the command line in ascii mode, the file comes over to
>> Windows correctly. If I enter the commands by hand in the ange-ftp,
>> setting ascii, it works.
>>
>> How do I tell ange-ftp to use ascii?
>>
>> I set ange-ftp-binary-file-name-regexp to "", even though the .cpp
>> file wasn't in the regexp.
>
> `ange-ftp-binary-file-name-regexp' tells, which files are to be
> transferred in binary mode. "" matches ALL files. So you must set it to
> a regexp, which doesn't match any file name, like "^$" (which is the
> empty file name).
I tried this, but it still transfers in binary.
~~~~~~~~
ange-ftp-binary-file-name-regexp is a variable defined in `ange-ftp.el'.
Its value is "^$"
~~~~~~~~~~
ftp trace:
~~~~~~~~~~
quote mdtm /SYSTEM/home/suimgvb/ken/client.cpp
501 command aborted -- FTP server not configured for MDTM
type binary
200 Representation type is Image
get /SYSTEM/home/suimgvb/ken/client.cpp
c:/DOCUME~1/ADMINI~1/LOCALS~1/Temp/ange-ftp5768MyT
200 Port request OK.
125 Sending data set /SYSTEM/home/suimgvb/ken/client.cpp
250 Transfer completed successfully.
ftp: 38381 bytes received in 0.08Seconds 485.84Kbytes/sec.
type ascii
200 Representation type is Ascii NonPrint
quote mdtm /SYSTEM/home/suimgvb/ken/client.cpp
501 command aborted -- FTP server not configured for MDTM
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-15 19:59 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
2012-02-15 19:59 ` Ken Goldman [this message]
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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