Re: rssh.el interactions with ange-ftp/efs

David, On 16 Jan 1999 you wrote: The problem with having EFS support sftp is that the ssh people haven't implemented a proper FT protocol with return codes. For example: sftp> pwd /home/sandy as opposed to ftp> pwd 257 "/home/sandy" is current directory. EFS relies heavily (in fact almost exclusively) on the numeric codes to determine the success of remote commands and the state of the server. The meanings of these codes is defined in RFC 959 and I wrote the EFS process filter as a strict implementation of this RFC. In my opinion, if people want ssh support in EFS (and I think that a more secure version of FTP would be good), then you should go after the ssh people to make sftp follow RFC 959. Trying to make EFS work with a file transfer server that doesn't follow a rigid protocol is in my opinion a waste of time. The result would be so flakey as to not be worth the trouble. The FT Protocol as defined in RFC 959 is very well designed for robust server-client interaction and the ssh people would do well to use it. BTW, does anybody out there know of other file transfer servers (other than FTP) that follow a tight protocol spec? If so, than EFS support for it might be possible. ...Sandy