On 30 Jul 2001, Joe Wells wrote: > I visit a file in an unwritable remote directory. I modify the > buffer. I try to save my changes. The operation fails. The only > error message is "tramp_exit_status 2" in the "*tramp/METHOD HOST*" > buffer. > > Turning on tramp-debug-buffer reveals that what failed was > attempting to copy the file to a backup file name. > > This works fine locally and via ange-ftp, so I think it should work > in TRAMP. I agree. Hm. I need to find out a way to have Emacs proceed even if auto-save from within Tramp files. As a workaround, you can set tramp-auto-save-directory (which will do all auto-saves locally). Oh, wait, you're talking about backups. Hm. Maybe setting backup-by-copying won't work, either: that might allow you to rename the file but not to save the buffer. Hm. Or does it work? Could you try that for me? kai -- ~/.signature: No such file or directory
