Re: ange-ftp using binary mode

[Ken Goldman <kgold@watson.ibm.com>]

On 2/14/2012 8:54 AM, Michael Albinus wrote:
> Ken Goldman<kgold@watson.ibm.com>  writes:
>
>> I have to use ange-ftp because the server I'm connecting to doesn't
>> run ssh.  When I transfer, it uses binary, which does not work.  The
>> server is a mainframe and likely uses ebcdic.
>>
>> If I ftp from the command line in ascii mode, the file comes over to
>> Windows correctly.  If I enter the commands by hand in the ange-ftp,
>> setting ascii, it works.
>>
>> How do I tell ange-ftp to use ascii?
>>
>> I set ange-ftp-binary-file-name-regexp to "", even though the .cpp
>> file wasn't in the regexp.
>
> `ange-ftp-binary-file-name-regexp' tells, which files are to be
> transferred in binary mode. "" matches ALL files. So you must set it to
> a regexp, which doesn't match any file name, like "^$" (which is the
> empty file name).

I tried this, but it still transfers in binary.

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ange-ftp-binary-file-name-regexp is a variable defined in `ange-ftp.el'.
Its value is "^$"

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ftp trace:
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quote mdtm /SYSTEM/home/suimgvb/ken/client.cpp
501 command aborted -- FTP server not configured for MDTM
type binary
200 Representation type is Image
get /SYSTEM/home/suimgvb/ken/client.cpp 
c:/DOCUME~1/ADMINI~1/LOCALS~1/Temp/ange-ftp5768MyT
200 Port request OK.
125 Sending data set /SYSTEM/home/suimgvb/ken/client.cpp

250 Transfer completed successfully.
ftp: 38381 bytes received in 0.08Seconds 485.84Kbytes/sec.
type ascii
200 Representation type is Ascii NonPrint
quote mdtm /SYSTEM/home/suimgvb/ken/client.cpp
501 command aborted -- FTP server not configured for MDTM