Re: Multiple ftp clients using ange-ftp?

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Andrew Koenig wrote:

> I use ange-ftp to access files on a variety of machines.  I would like to be
> able to use /usr/bin/ftp for some machines and /usr/bin/sftp for others.
> 
> Is there a straightforward way to tell ange-ftp to use different ftp clients
> for different buffers?

Does this work?

(defadvice ange-ftp-start-process (before ange-ftp-ftp-program-name activate)
   "Set `ange-ftp-ftp-program-name' depending on HOST."
   (cond ((member (ad-get-arg 0) '("somehost-1" "somehost-2"))
          (set (make-local-variable 'ange-ftp-ftp-program-name)
               "/usr/bin/ftp"))
         ((member (ad-get-arg 0) '("otherhost-1" "otherhost-2"))
          (set (make-local-variable 'ange-ftp-ftp-program-name)
               "/usr/bin/sftp"))))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers