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Re: [h-e-w] ftp problem
From: |
Stephen Leake |
Subject: |
Re: [h-e-w] ftp problem |
Date: |
26 Jul 2002 12:49:30 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 |
Chris McMahan <address@hidden> writes:
> The problem is AFAIK that the ftp program doesn't pipe the output to
> std out, so the emacs shell never sees it.
That's not quite right. The problem is that when ftp runs under Emacs,
it doesn't realize that stdin/stdout is an interactive terminal, so it
uses buffered input/output.
> Is there a reason you are using ftp, and not ange-ftp?
Ange-ftp is definitely the way to go; it makes the remote disk look
like a local disk.
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-- Stephe