bug#18751: 25.0.50; Unable to copy hidden (dot) files from remote shared server (Linux) to local machine (OSX).

[Keith David Bershatsky]

Evaluating `(tramp-do-copy-or-rename-file 'copy filename new-filename t t t)` 
is working well on all individual files, including `.www.my.cnf`.

`dired-do-copy` is working well on all individual files, and on multiple marked 
files.

However, `dired-do-copy` cannot handle any remote directory on the remote 
server with files inside it.  Placing the cursor on any directory on the remote 
server and issuing the command `dired-do-copy` results in only that folder 
being copied to the local machine, but noting inside it gets copied over.

Keith

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At Sun, 19 Oct 2014 10:57:52 +0200,
Michael Albinus wrote:
> 
> Keith David Bershatsky <esq@lawlist.com> writes:
> 
> > Michael:
> 
> Hi Keith,
> 
> > Here is the readout for `(setq tramp-verbose 10)`.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> However, there's still nothing between the last two lines:
> 
> > 20:32:26.751224 tramp-do-copy-or-rename-file (0) # Copying 
> > /ssh:lawlist@12.34.56.789:/home/lawlist/wcnsql/.www.my.cnf to 
> > /Users/HOME/Desktop/wcnsql/.www.my.cnf...
> > 20:32:26.784378 tramp-do-copy-or-rename-file (0) # Copying 
> > /ssh:lawlist@12.34.56.789:/home/lawlist/wcnsql/.www.my.cnf to 
> > /Users/HOME/Desktop/wcnsql/.www.my.cnf...failed
> 
> Given the amount of traces Tramp shall write when it is in verbosity 10,
> I have the impression that it isn't Tramp which fails.
> 
> Do you have a chance to debug `tramp-do-copy-or-rename-file', step by
> step? Just in order to know at which place it fails.
> 
> > Keith
> 
> Best regards, Michael.