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23.0.90; tramp: spurious ftp-error

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Message #10 received at 2410 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
Cc: 2410 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 23.0.90; tramp: spurious ftp-error
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:02:23 -0500

> When I use Tramp to do an ftp transfer from Dired, I get error messages
> like this:
>
> Copy `/local/path/of/source/file' to
> `/ftp:name <at> server.dot.com:/remote/path/of/destination/file' failed:
> (ftp-error FTP Error: DIR failed: usage: ls [remote-path [local-file]])
>
> However, the file transer was in fact successful.  This started
> happening some time within the last two or three weeks, I believe,
> though I cannot date it precisely.

I can't reproduce this easily, since I don't have access to an FTP
server for testing.  Could you try bisecting prior revisions to find
when this bug first appeared?

Thanks.

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