ange-ftp error on `file-attributes' (was: tramp error on `file-newer-than-file-p')

[Michael Albinus]

Sam Steingold <address@hidden> writes:

I guess it's not a Tramp error. Interesting lines from your backtrace:

> GNU Emacs 21.3.50.1 (i386-msvc-nt5.0.2195)
>  of 2003-12-28 on WINSTEINGOLDLAP
> --with-msvc (12.00)
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-number-of-arguments #[(file) ...

[...]

>   ange-ftp-file-attributes("/address@hidden:/mnt/data/home/sds/.newsrc" nil)

[...]

>   tramp-file-name-handler(file-attributes 
> "/address@hidden:/mnt/data/home/sds/.newsrc" nil)
>   file-attributes("/address@hidden:/mnt/data/home/sds/.newsrc")

- `file-attributes' is called with one parameter.

- The corresponding Tramp file name handler is called with 2
  parameters. See `file-attributes' implementation in dired.c

- Tramp calls `ange-ftp-file-attributes' with the same 2
  parameters. Unfortunately, `ange-ftp-file-attributes' has not
  implemented yet the second (optional) parameter.

Best regards, Michael.