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In article <7ibs5j1jko.fsf@neoscale.com>, Kin Cho  <kin@neoscale.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I want to use the real file-attributes, not the ange-ftp
>overloaded one.  In other words, how do I stop this:
>
>(file-attributes "/ftp.geocities.com:/")
>
>from opening a ftp connection?
>
>I see this line in
>(put 'file-attributes 'ange-ftp 'ange-ftp-file-attributes)
>in ange-ftp.el
>
>so I tried:
>(put 'file-attributes 'ange-ftp 'file-attributes)
>
>but this causes infinite recursion when I eval 
>
>(file-attributes "/ftp.geocities.com:/")

(remprop 'file-attributes 'ange-ftp)

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