EFS 1.6 bug: Dired: Copying >=2 occasionally fails on VMS

Martin Maechler (maechler@stat.math.ethz.ch)
Mon, 7 Mar 94 12:00:19 +0100 

Fellow efs'ers:

A funny behavior:
I 'dired' a VMS directory
	 Machine ``CUMULI (VAX 6000-620) running VMS Version V5.5-2''
I mark several files ('m') for copying to my local SUN Workstation,
then type 'C',
but sometimes only 1 of 4, several times, only 2 of 3 of the files are
being copied.

The files have VERY SIMILAR file names, e.g.,
I mark the following 4 files
-----from dired--------------------------------------------------------------
* PRESMU-H.PASH;2      26-MAR-1993 18:24:52     1136/3      (RWED,RWED,,)
* PRESMU-H.PASH;1      26-MAR-1993 18:03:41     1136/3      (RWED,RWED,,)
* PRESMU-H.PASX;2      26-MAR-1993 18:24:53     1104/3      (RWED,RWED,,)
* PRESMU-H.PASX;1      26-MAR-1993 18:03:41     1104/3      (RWED,RWED,,)
-----end from dired----------------------------------------------------------
end ONLY the FIRST one is copied !

--- I can make more experiments to help you locate the bug,
    but you should instruct me to do the experiments / tests...
Yours: Martin


Emacs  : GNU Emacs 19.22.11 of Wed Feb 16 1994 on ingrid (berkeley-unix)
Package: efs

current state:
==============
(setq
     efs-19-version "1.6/1.3"
     efs-auto-version "1.6/1.4"
     efs-cp-p-version "1.6/1.0"
     efs-cu-version "1.6/1.1"
     efs-defun-version "1.6/1.3"
     efs-dired-version "1.6/1.8"
     efs-netrc-version "1.6/1.0"
     efs-ovwrt-version "1.6/1.3"
     efs-report-version "1.5/1.1"
     efs-version "1.6/1.11"
     efs-vms-version "1.6/1.4"
     efs-36-bit-binary-file-name-regexp nil
     efs-anonymous-umask nil
     efs-auto-save 0
     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-hash-mark-size 1024
     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 "ls"
     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 ".*"
     efs-ftp-local-host-regexp ".*"
     efs-gateway-host nil
     efs-smart-gateway nil
     efs-gateway-program "rsh"
     efs-gateway-program-args nil
     efs-gateway-program-interactive nil
     )