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 16:30:16 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jhh858$fn6$1@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jh43p6$gfu$1@dough.gmane.org>
On 2/10/2012 4:55 PM, Ken Goldman wrote:
> 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?
Following up my own post, I edited ange-ftp.el and changed 'binary' to
'ascii'. Files now come across absolutely perfectly.
I know that's an awful hack, but it's a proof of concept. Now, how do I
convince ange-ftp to use ascii without editing the elisp source?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-15 21:30 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
2012-02-15 21:30 ` Ken Goldman [this message]
2012-02-16 10:42 ` Michael Albinus
2012-02-23 19:59 ` Ken Goldman
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