This is a problem with Emacs 23.1, and NOT with 22.1.1.

Attempting to perform a find-file on a VAX no longer works.  Looking
into the ftp buffer
reveals what appears to be the problem: the syntax of a directory
command is incorrect.

Note that this does not cause Emacs to crash - just to fail to access
remote files.

For example: in connecting to a machine called Pine (not the email
program! - we 
have a tree motif here) with the user tcarroll results in the following:

dir [.".AP:.TCARROLL]"
c:/DOCUME~1/tcarroll/LOCALS~1/Temp/ange-ftp3268PtF

The correct syntax is created by Emacs 22.1:

dir AP:[TCARROLL] c:/DOCUME~1/tcarroll/LOCALS~1/Temp/ange-ftp2724gSG

I hope you understand VAX file syntax - VAX stuff is pretty far out of
date these days.

By the way, Emacs is fantastic, and as a technology professional I live
half my life in
this software.

Thanks!

Tom


In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2009-07-30 on SOFT-MJASON
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4)'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: ENU
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<return> <f11> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> C-SPC C-e <escape> 
w <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> C-x C-f C-a C-k <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <S-insert> <return> <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <escape> x e m a c s SPC r e p o r t SPC 
b <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> C-g C-h a r e p 
o r t SPC b u g <return> <escape> x r e p o r t SPC 
e m a c s SPC b u g <return>

Recent messages:
Listing /tcarroll@pine:/AP:/... [2 times]
Listing /tcarroll@pine:/AP:/TCARROLL/... [2 times]
Listing /tcarroll@pine:/AP:/... [2 times]
Listing /tcarroll@pine:/AP:/TCARROLL/... [2 times]
byte-code: FTP Error: DIR failed: 550 %RMS-F-SYN, file specification
syntax error
Mark set
Listing /tcarroll@pine:/AP:/TCARROLL/DOC/... [6 times]
byte-code: FTP Error: DIR failed: 550 %RMS-F-SYN, file specification
syntax error
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