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I seem to remember doing something about a similar problem.
Is there some way you could check if the Emacs CVS code fixes it ?

Wait, I think the patch below was the meat of it, can you try it ?


        Stefan


--- net/ange-ftp.el	2 Jul 2002 19:20:42 -0000	1.37
+++ net/ange-ftp.el	4 Jul 2002 20:37:14 -0000	1.38
@@ -4517,7 +4518,8 @@
 	(if (and (not wildcard)
 		 (setq tem (file-symlink-p (directory-file-name file))))
 	    (ange-ftp-insert-directory
-	     (ange-ftp-replace-name-component file tem)
+	     (ange-ftp-expand-symlink
+	      tem (file-name-directory (directory-file-name file)))
 	     switches wildcard full)
 	  (insert
 	   (if wildcard