RE Help with ange-ftp + .netrc in emacs

[gerald . jean]

I have this in my .emacs, accessing a Linux server from Emacs running on a
Windows machine.

(setq tramp-default-method "ftp")
(require 'ange-ftp)
(setq ange-ftp-ftp-program-name        ;;
      (if (w32-using-nt)
               (progn
                 "c:/Emacs/i386/ftp.exe"  ;;
                 )))

I have been using this for years and it works like a charm.  Every morning
when Emacs starts on the PC it asks me for my password on the Linux server
and it logs on there and opens every thing I had openend at last shut down
(I use "desktop").

Good luck,

Gérald Jean
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help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gerald.jean=dgag.ca@gnu.org a écrit sur 2010/11/08
04:29:45 :

> Hey guys,
>
> I've been trying desperately to get my emacs configured to use ange-
> ftp to an ftp server.
>
> My shell-box is behind a firewall, and as such I have my .emacs file
> looking like this:

>
> Code:
> (require 'tramp)
> (setq tramp-default-method "ftp")
> (setq ange-ftp-ftp-program-name "pftp")
>
> And then I've tried to set up my .netrc file as this to be able to
> use autocompletion on host name.. and this I can't even get to work
either....

>
> Code:
> machine server-host-name port-no
>         login <my-user>
>         password <my-password
> And I just can't get it work... it won't autocomplete the
> servername.. and if I try to open the ftp connection manually by
>
> ctrl-x, ctrl-f and then typing:
>
> /username:password@servername#port:~/
>
> .. it just says it's not a valid tramp file...
>
> What am I doing wrong... can anyone please explain how this is to be
> set up.. I've read pages up and down on wiki's on how to do this..
> but to no prevail.
>
> I'm running Ubuntu and emacs22 from a shellbox.
>
> Does anyone perhaps have an example .emacs file they can supply me
> with where they know that ftp works in emacs.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> - Allan
> Denmark