EFS 1.6 bug: delete hang

Andy Norman (ange@hplb.hpl.hp.com)
Fri, 04 Mar 1994 22:53:05 +0000 

To whom it may concern:  ;-)

efs hangs when attempting to delete a file in a directory.  It looks like the
deletion is successful, but efs isn't noticing, probably because the ftp
server on my PC is 8 years old and doesn't neccessarily conform to the right
standards.

Emacs  : GNU Emacs 18.59.19 of Mon Feb  7 1994 on spindle.hpl.hp.com (hpux)
Package: efs

efs believes that the host type of mayweed is dos.

Contents of *ftp ange@mayweed*:

open mayweed
Connected to mayweed.
220-mayweed.hpl.hp.com PC/TCP FTPSRV Version 1.16 by FTP Software ready
220 Connection is automatically closed if idle for 5 minutes
quote user "ange"
Remote system type is MS-DOS.
ftp> 230 User OK, no password
ftp> hash
Hash mark printing on (1024 bytes/hash mark).
ftp> quote pwd
250 Current working directory is C:\
dir C:\\*.* /tmp/efsa00302
ftp> 200 Port OK
150 Opening data connection
226 Closing data connection
ftp> dir C:\\DOWNLOAD\\*.* /tmp/efsb00302
200 Port OK
150 Opening data connection
226 Closing data connection
ftp> get C:\\DOWNLOAD\\CARBON.TXT /tmp/efsb00302
200 Port OK
150 Opening data connection
226 Closing data connection
785 bytes received in 1.33 seconds (0.58 Kbytes/s)
ftp> get C:\\DOWNLOAD\\CARBON.TXT /tmp/efsb00302
200 Port OK
150 Opening data connection
226 Closing data connection
785 bytes received in 1.27 seconds (0.60 Kbytes/s)
ftp> delete C:\\DOWNLOAD\\ATM.ZIP
200 OK
ftp> 
Process *ftp ange@mayweed* kill

current state:
==============
(setq
     efs-18-version "1.6/1.2"
     efs-auto-version "1.6/1.4"
     efs-cu-version "1.6/1.1"
     efs-defun-version "1.6/1.3"
     efs-dired-version "1.6/1.8"
     efs-gwp-version "1.6/1.4"
     efs-netrc-version "1.6/1.0"
     efs-ovwrt-version "1.6/1.3"
     efs-pc-version "1.6/1.2"
     efs-report-version "1.5/1.1"
     efs-version "1.6/1.11"
     efs-36-bit-binary-file-name-regexp nil
     efs-anonymous-umask nil
     efs-auto-save 1
     efs-auto-save-remotely nil
     efs-backup-by-copying nil
     efs-binary-file-name-regexp "\\.\\([zZ]\\|gz\\|lzh\\|arc\\|zip\\|zoo\\|ta[rz]\\|dvi\\|ps\\|elc\\|gif\\|Z-part-..\\|tpz\\|exe\\|mpg\\|TZ[a-z]?\\)\\(~\\|~[0-9]+~\\)?$\\|\\.\\(ARC\\|ELC\\|TAGS\\|EXE\\|ZIP\\|DVI|ZOO\\|GIF\\)\\([.#;][0-9]+\\)?$"
     efs-buffer-name-case nil
     efs-compute-remote-buffer-file-truename nil
     efs-ding-on-chmod-failure t
     efs-ding-on-umask-failure t
     efs-disable-netrc-security-check nil
     efs-expire-ftp-buffers t
     efs-fancy-buffer-names "%s@%s"
     efs-ftp-buffer-expire-time nil
     efs-ftp-program-args '("-i" "-n" "-g" "-v")
     efs-gateway-hash-mark-size nil
     efs-gateway-incoming-binary-hm-size nil
     efs-generate-anonymous-password t
     efs-gwp-prompt-pattern "^[^#$%>;]*[#$%>;] *"
     efs-hash-mark-size 896
     efs-high-security-hosts nil
     efs-incoming-binary-hm-size nil
     efs-local-apollo-unix nil
     efs-ls-cache-max 5
     efs-make-backup-files '(unix sysV-unix bsd-unix next-unix apollo-unix dumb-unix super-dumb-unix)
     efs-max-ftp-buffer-size 3000
     efs-maximize-idle nil
     efs-message-interval 0
     efs-nlist-cmd "nlist"
     efs-nslookup-on-connect nil
     efs-nslookup-program "nslookup"
     efs-prompt-for-transfer-type nil
     efs-pty-check-retry-time 5
     efs-pty-check-threshold 1000
     efs-retry-time 5
     efs-root-umask nil
     efs-send-hash t
     efs-short-circuit-to-remote-root nil
     efs-suppress-abort-recursive-edit-and-then nil
     efs-umask nil
     efs-verbose t
     efs-verify-anonymous-modtime nil
     efs-verify-modtime-host-regexp ".*"
     efs-ftp-program-name "ftp"
     efs-ftp-program-args '("-i" "-n" "-g" "-v")
     efs-local-host-regexp "\\.hp\\.com$\\|^[^.]*$"
     efs-ftp-local-host-regexp "\\.hp\\.com$\\|^[^.]*$"
     efs-gateway-host "hplose"
     efs-smart-gateway nil
     efs-gateway-program "rlogin"
     efs-gateway-program-args nil
     efs-gateway-program-interactive t
     )