* net/tramp-sh.el (tramp-get-ls-command): Use "-b" argument if possible.

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index d762078dfd0..0b7de93cc02 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-04-20  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
+
+        * net/tramp-sh.el (tramp-get-ls-command): Use "-b" argument if
+        possible.
+
 2014-04-19  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
         * progmodes/sh-script.el (sh-smie--sh-keyword-p): Handle variable
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
index 3b600e3d84e..0dd5b79be92 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
@@ -4966,6 +4966,12 @@ Return ATTR."
                       vec (format
                            "%s --color=never -al /dev/null" result))
                  (setq result (concat result " --color=never")))
+               ;; This should support file names with special
+               ;; characters.  If this option is not supported, such
+               ;; file names might fail.
+               (when (tramp-send-command-and-check
+                      vec (format "%s -b /dev/null" result))
+                 (setq result (concat result " -b")))
                (throw 'ls-found result))
              (setq dl (cdr dl))))))
      (tramp-error vec 'file-error "Couldn't find a proper `ls' command"))))