Problem with FTP connections under Windows

Question

Say I have an org-link like [[file:/ftp:anonymous@ftp.gnu.org:]] to an FTP site that I would like to open in dired. Unfortunately, when opening the link, the following is prompted:

Opening FTP connection to ftp.gnu.org...

tramp-file-name-handler: FTP Error: OPEN request failed:

Upon trying it a second time, Emacs tends to crash.

There is also a buffer *ftp anonymous@ftp.gnu.org* which has the following content (sorry, partly in German):

Ung ltiger Hilfebefehl foo

open ftp.gnu.org

Verbindung mit ftp.gnu.org wurde hergestellt.

220 GNU FTP server ready.

Any idea what could be going on? (I'm under Windows with Emacs 25.1.90.1 (x86_64-w64-mingw32) using tramp 2.2.13.25.2 as is.)

There should be a buffer `*ftp anonymous@gnu.org*`. Do you see something there? — Michael Albinus, Mar 31 '17 at 17:58
@MichaelAlbinus Yes, there is such a buffer! Sorry, I forgot to mention this. I've updated the question. Maybe `tramp` doesn't know how to properly use `ftp.exe`? In the PowerShell, `ftp.exe` works just fine. — Timm, Mar 31 '17 at 18:29

Timm · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-28T06:45:24.213

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Following the instructions given here, I've downloaded an old windows port of GNU ftp and then let ange-ftp know where it can find it:

(setq ange-ftp-ftp-program-name "c:/programs/ftp.exe")

edited Feb 28 '18 at 06:45

answered Sep 19 '17 at 14:29

Timm

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I've corrected the link and it should be working now. – Timm Feb 28 '18 at 06:48

Problem with FTP connections under Windows

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