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Hello!

For many several years I have used dired with
//username@myserver.de:/
For logging in with ftp to an external ftp-server.

From linux-konsole with commandline ftp to
it is still working.

But after changing to emacs
GNU Emacs 27.2 (build 1, x86_64-suse-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.31, cairo version 1.16.0)
(which is coming with Leap 15.4) it is not longer working. :(

If I do now dired with
//username@myserver.de:/
(no difference, how many leading / I am using) it says:

"Setting current directory: file or directory not found, /username@myserver.de:/"

Is there something which must be change in .emacs to get dired for an
external ftp-server getting working again in emacs 27.2?

Thanx.

Regards, Astrid
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Astrid <astrid.kuhr@gmail.com> writes:

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If I do now dired with
//username@myserver.de:/
(no difference, how many leading / I am using) it says:

"Setting current directory: file or directory not found, /username@myserver.de:/"

Hi,

From some time now (I don't remember when), TRAMP does not handle "//"
for selecting the default method.

You'd have to do "/-:username@myserver.de:/"

Best regards,
--
Manuel Giraud
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