From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: gebser@ameritech.net Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Wanted: Help isolating FTP problem Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:51:51 -0500 (EST) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: gebser@ameritech.net NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1043884332 22292 80.91.224.249 (29 Jan 2003 23:52:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 23:52:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18e201-0005nE-00 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 00:52:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18e20Q-000283-01 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:52:34 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18e1zr-0001ez-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:51:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18e1zg-0001B9-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:51:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mailhost1-bcvloh.bcvloh.ameritech.net ([66.73.20.42] helo=mailhost.bcv1.ameritech.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18e1ze-00015o-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:51:47 -0500 Original-Received: from heidegger.mousecar.net ([65.43.213.244]) by mailhost.bcv1.ameritech.net (InterMail vM.4.01.02.17 201-229-119) with ESMTP <20030129235142.IWLC14902.mailhost.bcv1.ameritech.net@heidegger.mousecar.net>; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:51:42 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-To: Siegfried Heintze In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6072 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6072 Siegfried Heintze at 18:15 (UTC-0000) on Wed, 29 Jan 2003 said: = I would really like to use the FTP feature of Emacs to edit this web site = because that FTP feature is wonderful. = For some reason, this web site won't let me access any files in the www = directory using emacs! = = It seems to work fine when I use Internet Explorer to drag and drop files = from my local directory to the remote web site, however. And the old = fashioned command prompt seems to work too. = = When I position the cursor on the (DIRED display) www line and hit return, I = expect it to give me a directory listing of the contents of that directory. = It does not! Instead it says "no file on this line". = = If I use find file, that does not work either, it gets stuck on the www and = says "no such directory". There is clearly a directory there with lots of = stuff in it, though. = = Here is the display from DIRED: = /xyz@www.decisionchannel.com:/: = 01-28-03 03:07PM cases = 01-16-03 07:37PM database = 02-09-02 03:19PM logs = 11-05-02 11:51AM MSFTPSVC15 = 10-11-02 03:18PM www Are you sure that this is not already displaying the contents of "/xyz@www.decisionchannel.com:/"? The semi-colon (:) at the end of the line suggests to me that you're already looking at the directory listing. What do you get when you hit return with the cursor on, say, "cases"? Just trying to help, ken