i've never seen problems from the attempt to cwd to a file. this probably has nothing to do with things, but i had problems awhile ago with efs until applying the attached. Dmitry Yaitskov wrote: -- Ben In order to save my hands, I am cutting back on my mail. I also write as succinctly as possible -- please don't be offended. If you send me mail, you _will_ get a response, but please be patient, especially for XEmacs-related mail. If you need an immediate response and it is not apparent in your message, please say so. Thanks for your understanding. See also http://www.666.com/ben/chronic-pain/ Index: efs.el =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs-packages/libs/efs/efs.el,v retrieving revision 1.9 diff -u -r1.9 efs.el --- efs.el 2000/05/19 16:00:54 1.9 +++ efs.el 2000/07/12 09:12:35 ＠＠ -354,6 +354,12 ＠＠ ;; List of gateway types for which we need to do explicit file handling on ;; the gateway machine. +(defconst efs-null-device (cond ((boundp 'null-device) null-device) + ((boundp 'grep-null-device) grep-null-device) + ((eq system-type 'windows-nt) "nul") + (t "/dev/null")) + "Filename corresponding to the null device.") + ;;;; ------------------------------------------------------------------ ;;;; User customization variables. Please read through these carefully. ;;;; ------------------------------------------------------------------ ＠＠ -588,7 +594,15 ＠＠ ;;; End of gateway config variables. (defcustom efs-tmp-name-template - (concat (if (fboundp 'temp-directory) (temp-directory) "/tmp") "/efs") + (concat (if (fboundp 'temp-directory) + ;; we may be calling the cygwin ftp client, regardless of + ;; whether we're running a cygwin version of xemacs, and it + ;; doesn't accept \'s in filenames. the windows ftp client + ;; accepts /'s, so use them. + (if (eq system-type 'windows-nt) + (replace-in-string (temp-directory) "\\\\" "/") + (temp-directory)) + "/tmp") "/efs") "Template used to create temporary files. If you are worried about security, make this a directory in some bomb-proof cave somewhere. efs does clean up its temp files, but ＠＠ -6490,7 +6504,7 ＠＠ (memq host-type efs-unix-host-types) (let ((line (nth 1 (efs-send-cmd host user - (list 'get tilde "/dev/null") + (list 'get tilde efs-null-device) (format "expanding %s" tilde))))) (setq res (and (string-match efs-expand-dir-msgs line) ＠＠ -10175,7 +10189,8 ＠＠ ;; Try to get tilde. ((null dir) (let ((tilde (nth 1 (efs-send-cmd - host user (list 'get "~" "/dev/null"))))) + host user (list 'get "~" + efs-null-device))))) (cond ;; super dumb unix ((string-match efs-super-dumb-unix-tilde-regexp tilde)