Re: Excessive questions about "file changed on disk" in tramp ftp

[XeCycle]

Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> writes:

> XeCycle <XeCycle@Gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm using TRAMP to edit files on a ftp server.  On saving the
>> file Emacs usually asks me "file changed on disk.  really save?"
>> But I'm the only one editing that file, of which I can be sure.
>> By "usually" I mean almost every time.
>>
>> Something must be wrong here.  Where shall I start with
>> debugging?
>
> Check the time on both systems.
>
> They both should be running NTP and have the exact same time.

I'm unable to verify the time on the remote machine.  I have only
FTP access to that.  However, time reported in dired is correct,
always earlier than current time.

Or, can I simply turn off this checking for remote files?  Or for
this server?

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