Re: Auto-revert on remote files: disabling timers temporarily?

[Luc Teirlinck]

Here is a backtrace for the error:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Invalid base64 data")
  base64-decode-region(1 21)
  
tramp-handle-file-local-copy("/ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/strings.texi")
  apply(tramp-handle-file-local-copy
  "/ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/strings.texi")
  tramp-sh-file-name-handler(file-local-copy
  "/ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/strings.texi")
  apply(tramp-sh-file-name-handler file-local-copy
  "/ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/strings.texi")
  tramp-file-name-handler(file-local-copy
  "/ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/strings.texi")
  file-local-copy("/ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/strings.texi")
  
tramp-handle-insert-file-contents("/ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/strings.texi"
  t nil nil nil)
  apply(tramp-handle-insert-file-contents
  ("/ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/strings.texi" t nil nil
  nil))
  tramp-sh-file-name-handler(insert-file-contents
  "/ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/strings.texi" t nil nil
  nil)
  apply(tramp-sh-file-name-handler insert-file-contents
  ("/ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/strings.texi" t nil nil
  nil))
  tramp-file-name-handler(insert-file-contents
  "/ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/strings.texi" t nil nil
  nil)
  insert-file-contents("/ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/strings.texi"
  t)
  byte-code   [inhibit-read-only filename t insert-file-contents] 3)
  find-file-noselect-1(#<buffer strings.texi<2>>
  "/ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/strings.texi" nil nil
  "/ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/strings.texi" ((38 . 25870)
  (-1 0)))
  find-file-noselect("/ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:strings.texi" nil nil
  t)
  find-file("/ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:strings.texi" t)
  call-interactively(find-file)