----- Original Message -----

From: Stephen Leake

To: Jeff Rancier

Cc: David Starks-Browning ; help-emacs-windows <at> gnu.org

Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 10:25 AM

Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Re: ange-ftp not working this AM

"Jeff Rancier" <jeff.rancier <at> softechnics.com> writes:

> (1) ange-ftp works
> (2) I download some utilities from cygwin, not explicitly ftp, but ftp gets downloaded (typically from the command line I prefer ncftp).
> (3) ange-ftp doesn't work.
> (4) I rename /usr/bin/ftp.exe to /usr/bin/ftp.tmp
> (5) ange-ftp works

Ok. So c:\...\system32\ftp.exe is the one that makes ange-ftp work for
you. So we are confused as to why you want to rename it!

>
>   ----- Original Message ----- From: David Starks-Browning To: Jeff
>   Rancier Cc: help-emacs-windows <at> gnu.org Sent: Monday, September 30,
>   2002 4:21 PM Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Re: ange-ftp not working this AM
>
>
>   On Monday 30 Sep 02, Jeff Rancier writes:
>   > Actually, the path has been constant.  Just a new ftp.exe in the
>   > path.  I've tried in the past to rename/erase the
>   > c:\...\system32\ftp.exe, and some *monitor* in Windows detects, and
>   > restores it.  I'll play around with it and report.
>
>   If the offending ftp.exe is the one in C:\...\system32\ftp.exe, then
>   what does this have to do with Cygwin?  Cygwin wouldn't put ftp.exe
>   there.
>
>   David

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