Re: tramp ($Id: tramp.el,v 2.88 2002/02/18 15:17:19 kaig Exp $); Problems with files ending in "!~"

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Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Gro=DFjohann) writes:
>>   $ ls -d "/home/adamp/test!~" 2>/dev/null; echo tramp_exit_status $?=20
>>   sh: !~": event not found
>
> Hm.  Wait.  Probably it is from tramp-handle-file-exists-p, which
> _does_ use tramp-shell-quote-argument.  That function calls
> shell-quote-argument.  And that function uses double quotes on Windows
> but backslashes on Unix.  So, is your Emacs running on Windows?

It was, in that case.  Maybe the fact that tramp applies 'client'
(windows) settings to the 'server' (linux) is a more general issue?
For example, options for ls may differ on both machines (and did
differ in my case).  But I can't see a nice solution short of having a
~/.tramp file *on the server* setting up relevant variables for tramp.
That looks a little ugly, though....

> Now I need to find out how to do what shell-quote-argument does on
> Unix.

Thanks for the hint; I'll see if I can change the behaviour of
tramp-shell-quote-argument locally.=20

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	Adam P.