tramp ($Id: tramp.el,v 2.36 2001/09/20 13:29:07 kaig Exp $); editing remote tar files

[Eli T. <el...@be...>]

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1) I use tramp to edit a remote directory as follows:
/[rcp/el...@ke...]/WWW/httpd-users/eser/People/Eli/Downloads/s=
ea-ice-switch-8-box-model-code-hezi/

2) in that directory, there is a tar file called johnson.tar.gz
I put the cursor on that line, and press enter.

3) instead of having the tar file opened in a dired-like buffer, I get
the following error message:

Reading directory
/[rcp/el...@ke...]/WWW/httpd-users/eser/People/Eli/Downloads/s=
ea-ice-switch-8-box-model-code-hezi/...done=20
Fetching
/[rcp/el...@ke...]/WWW/httpd-users/eser/People/Eli/Downloads/s=
ea-ice-switch-8-box-model-code-hezi/johnson.tar.gz
to tmp file...done=20
Loading tar-mode...done
Parsing tar file...2%
File mode specification error: (error "'=0E\2130\211s\222,\210\237=ACSP=A4\=
214x=A0=FD\213=C8[=C2hN2=B2J=F2=02=06=FA&\216qp=C6=BE\227-g=A0=AB=02e=0F=B4=
=FC@=3D=F5=ECr=F9=1C\233\234=0F\227d=F8\224}=F8?\211=C1\212=14=04=EDBD\2=
05=C1=11z1/=FDn=13\213=D2=A7=F6=0E=C5\237'Y\221y=F1|1\231 has size -2903084=
5 - corrupted")


4) finally, using ange-ftp the file opens fine.




Emacs  : GNU Emacs 21.0.106.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll b=
ars)
 of 2001-09-25 on beach.weizmann.ac.il
Package: tramp ($Id: tramp.el,v 2.36 2001/09/20 13:29:07 kaig Exp $)

current state:
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
(setq
 tramp-ls-command nil
 tramp-test-groks-nt nil
 tramp-file-exists-command nil
 tramp-current-multi-method nil
 tramp-current-method nil
 tramp-current-user nil
 tramp-current-host nil
 tramp-auto-save-directory nil
 tramp-default-method "rcp"
 tramp-rsh-end-of-line "\n"
 tramp-remote-path '("/bin" "/usr/bin" "/usr/sbin" "/usr/local/bin" "/usr/c=
cs/bin" "/local/bin" "/local/freeware/bin" "/local/gnu/bin"
		     "/usr/freeware/bin" "/usr/pkg/bin")
 tramp-login-prompt-regexp ".*ogin: *$"
 tramp-password-prompt-regexp "^.*\\([pP]assword\\|passphrase.*\\):=00? *$"
 tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp "^.*\\(Permission denied.\\|Login [Ii]ncorrect\\=
|Received signal [0-9]+\\|Connection \\(refused\\|closed\\)\\|Sorry, try ag=
ain.\\|Name or service not known\\).*$"
 tramp-temp-name-prefix "tramp."
 tramp-file-name-structure '("\\`/\\[\\(\\([a-zA-Z0-9]+\\)/\\)?\\(\\([-a-zA=
-Z0-9_#/]+\\)@\\)?\\([-a-zA-Z0-9.]+\\)\\]\\(.*\\)\\'" 2 4 5
			     6)
 tramp-file-name-regexp "\\`/\\[.*\\]"
 tramp-make-tramp-file-format "/[%m/%u@%h]%p"
 tramp-end-of-output "/////"
 shell-prompt-pattern "^[^#$%>\n]*[#$%>] *"
 backup-by-copying nil
 backup-by-copying-when-linked nil
 backup-by-copying-when-mismatch nil
 backup-by-copying-when-privileged-mismatch 200
 file-name-handler-alist '(("\\`/\\[.*\\]" . tramp-file-name-handler)
			   ("\\.Z\\(~\\|\\.~[0-9]+~\\)?\\'\\|\\.bz2\\'\\|\\.tgz\\'\\|\\.g?z\\(~\=
\|\\.~[0-9]+~\\)?\\'" .
			    jka-compr-handler)
			   ("\\.\\(GIF\\|JP\\(?:[E]???G\\)\\|P\\(?:BM\\|GM\\|NG\\|PM\\)\\|TIFF\\=
|X\\(?:[BP]M\\)\\|gif\\|jp\\(?:e?g\\)\\|p\\(?:bm\\|gm\\|ng\\|pm\\)\\|tiff\\=
|x\\(?:[bp]m\\)\\)\\'" . image-file-handler)
			   ("^/[^/:]*\\'" . ange-ftp-completion-hook-function) ("^/[^/:]*[^/:.]:=
" . ange-ftp-hook-function)
			   ("\\`/:" . file-name-non-special))
 )