Re: Help to connect to & view ftp server directory/files

[Jean Magnan de Bornier <jean@bornier.net>]

rpd <richard@dickinson350.freeserve.co.uk> wrote :

| Many thanks for your very helpful reply. I followed your advice & dl the ftp
| for win32 exe file & added the code to .emacs & put the path to to the .exe
| in Path env and I can now access the server files!
>
| (is there anyway to make a shortcut code to access the server more
| directly?).

I have this in my .emacs

(defun cez ()
"Connexion ftp avec junon dans emacs"
(interactive)
(find-file "/ftp:<username>@<servername>:~/")
)

Then:

M-x cez

et voilà!

And you can also store your password in a file, so tramp won't ask you
every time.

cheers,
-- 
Jean