Ending ftp sessions (was Re: Some general usage questions)
Stainless Steel Rat (ratinox@ccs.neu.edu)
Wed, 9 Nov 1994 10:28:58 -0500
>>>>> "loader" == loader <loader@maths.ox.ac.uk> writes:
>> When RMS ported ange-ftp (and dired) to FSF GNU Emacs 19 the
>> functionality disappeared.
loader> This is not quite true, at least here (FSF 19.22, RMS-angeftp).
loader> You can start copying a single file, and type C-g, and the copy
loader> goes into the background ok. If you do that on a multi-file
loader> transfer, then the current file gets copied, but when that
loader> finishes, subsequent files are not copied.
That's not asynch, that's taking advantage of the FTP process running in
the background. If it were truely asynch then it would keep going. As is,
C-g sends an interrupt signal which eventually causes the FTP process to
stop transfers. In fact, C-g while you have inferior processes running like
that is considered a bad thing and can result in Emacs locking up entirely.
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