Re: dired on freebsd machine does not get file permissions, lists horizontally

[Michael Albinus]

> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Michael Albinus 
> <address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> Terrence Brannon <address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden>> writes:
>
>> mmm9500 # /bin/ls --color=never -al /u/autobahn/scripts/.
>> ls: -al: No such file or directory
>> /u/autobahn/scripts/.:
>> cgi             cron            diy             remote          tmp
>> cgi_login       daemon          fork            shell           transaction
>> cgi_obj         database        generic         system
>
> OK, your /bin/ls does not like the order of the arguments.

Could you, please, apply the following patch? It makes a stronger test,
whether the --color argument can be applied:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
*** /home/albinus/src/tramp/lisp/tramp.el.~1~   2010-07-13 17:43:56.000000000 
+0200
--- /home/albinus/src/tramp/lisp/tramp.el       2010-07-15 16:39:35.621924000 
+0200
***************
*** 8319,8328 ****
             ;; Check parameters.  On busybox, "ls" output coloring is
             ;; enabled by default sometimes.  So we try to disable it
             ;; when possible.  $LS_COLORING is not supported there.
             (when (zerop (tramp-send-command-and-check
                           vec (format "%s -lnd /" result)))
               (when (zerop (tramp-send-command-and-check
!                            vec (format "%s --color=never /" result)))
                 (setq result (concat result " --color=never")))
               (throw 'ls-found result))
             (setq dl (cdr dl))))))
--- 8319,8331 ----
             ;; Check parameters.  On busybox, "ls" output coloring is
             ;; enabled by default sometimes.  So we try to disable it
             ;; when possible.  $LS_COLORING is not supported there.
+            ;; Some "ls" versions are sensible wrt the order of
+            ;; arguments, they fail when "-al" is after the
+            ;; "--color=never" argument (for example on FreeBSD).
             (when (zerop (tramp-send-command-and-check
                           vec (format "%s -lnd /" result)))
               (when (zerop (tramp-send-command-and-check
!                            vec (format "%s --color=never -al /" result)))
                 (setq result (concat result " --color=never")))
               (throw 'ls-found result))
             (setq dl (cdr dl))))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Before rerunning you test, you must apply "M-x tramp-cleanup-all-connections".
This forces initial tests for a connection established afterwards.

Best regards, Michael.