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23.1; File Shadow: Shadowing to FTP server does not work

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Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Martin Apel <martin.apel <at> web.de>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1; File Shadow: Shadowing to FTP server does not work
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:51:15 +0100

I have tried to set up file shadowing so a local file is shadowed to an FTP account.
The file .shadows looks as follows:

(setq shadow-clusters nil)

(setq shadow-literal-groups
  '(("/ftp:mylogin <at> myftpserver:~/private/test" "/martin <at> gandalf:~/test")))

(setq shadow-regexp-groups nil)

After modifying the test file locally and invoking 'shadow-copy-files' the message buffer contains the following:
Tramp: Opening connection for martin <at> ftp using scp...
Tramp: Waiting 60s for local shell to come up...
Tramp: Sending command `ssh ftp -l martin  -q -e none && exit || exit'
Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell
File error: Process died
Shadow /ftp:mylogin <at> myftpserver:~/private/test not updated!
Wrote /home/martin/.shadow_todo

Unfortunately the documentation is rather vague, so I might not have set up shadowing correctly.



In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.16.5)
 of 2009-09-14 on raven, modified by Debian
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10605000
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Message #16 received at 4846 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Bill Pemberton <wfp5p <at> viridian.itc.Virginia.EDU>,
 Martin Apel <martin.apel <at> web.de>
Cc: 4846 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 4526 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4526: 23.1; shadowfile always fails
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 17:15:26 +0200

Bill Pemberton <wfp5p <at> viridian.itc.Virginia.EDU> writes:

Hi,

> Shadowfile is always failing because it is somehow always trying to
> to run ssh scp -l wfp5p  -q -e none, which is wrong since there is no
> hostname given.  I get the same error if I start emacs with -q, so it
> doesn't appear to be anything in my startup files. 

It took several years, but now I have done it. Shadowfile.el has been
rewritten to use Tramp file names.

If you are using the latest Emacs 26.1, and you want to test this, you
could download the changed shadowfile.el from
<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/plain/lisp/shadowfile.el?h=emacs-26>.
Otherwise, it will appear with the next Emacs release.

Best regards, Michael.

Message #21 received at 4846-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Bill Pemberton <wfp5p <at> viridian.itc.Virginia.EDU>
Cc: 4846-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 4526-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Martin Apel <martin.apel <at> web.de>
Subject: Re: bug#4526: 23.1; shadowfile always fails
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:54:46 +0200

Version:26.1

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:

Hi,

> It took several years, but now I have done it. Shadowfile.el has been
> rewritten to use Tramp file names.
>
> If you are using the latest Emacs 26.1, and you want to test this, you
> could download the changed shadowfile.el from
> <http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/plain/lisp/shadowfile.el?h=emacs-26>.
> Otherwise, it will appear with the next Emacs release.

No response, I'm closing the bugs. Feel free to report if you encounter
further problems with shadowfile.el.

Best regards, Michael.

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