* net/tramp.el (tramp-completion-reread-directory-timeout): New

defcustom.
(tramp-handle-file-name-all-completions): Flush directory contents
from cache regularly.
(tramp-set-auto-save-file-modes): Check also for
`buffer-modified-p'.
(tramp-open-connection-setup-interactive-shell): Call
`tramp-cleanup-connection' via funcall.

* net/tramp-ftp.el (tramp-ftp-file-name-handler): Temp file is already
created when copying.

lisp/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+2007-11-18  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
+
+	* net/tramp.el (tramp-completion-reread-directory-timeout): New
+	defcustom.
+	(tramp-handle-file-name-all-completions): Flush directory contents
+	from cache regularly.
+	(tramp-set-auto-save-file-modes): Check also for
+	`buffer-modified-p'.
+	(tramp-open-connection-setup-interactive-shell): Call
+	`tramp-cleanup-connection' via funcall.
+
+	* net/tramp-ftp.el (tramp-ftp-file-name-handler): Temp file is already
+	created when copying.
+
 2007-11-17  Dan Nicolaescu  <dann@ics.uci.edu>
 
 	* eshell/esh-util.el (eshell-under-xemacs-p): Remove.

lisp/net/tramp-ftp.el

@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ pass to the OPERATION."
 	      (aset v 0 tramp-ftp-method)
 	      (tramp-set-connection-property v "started" t))
 	  nil))
+
        ;; If the second argument of `copy-file' or `rename-file' is a
        ;; remote file name but via FTP, ange-ftp doesn't check this.
        ;; We must copy it locally first, because there is no place in
@@ -163,8 +164,16 @@ pass to the OPERATION."
 	       (newname (cadr args))
 	       (tmpfile (tramp-compat-make-temp-file filename))
 	       (args (cddr args)))
-	  (apply operation filename tmpfile args)
-	  (rename-file tmpfile newname (car args))))
+	  ;; We must set `ok-if-already-exists' to t in the first
+	  ;; step, because the temp file has been created already.
+	  (if (eq operation 'copy-file)
+	      (apply operation filename tmpfile t (cdr args))
+	    (apply operation filename tmpfile t))
+	  (unwind-protect
+	      (rename-file tmpfile newname (car args))
+	    ;; Cleanup.
+	    (ignore-errors (delete-file tmpfile)))))
+
        ;; Normally, the handlers must be discarded.
        (t (let* ((inhibit-file-name-handlers
 		  (list 'tramp-file-name-handler

lisp/net/tramp.el

@@ -1425,6 +1425,18 @@ opening a connection to a remote host."
   :group 'tramp
   :type '(choice (const nil) (const t) (const pty)))
 
+(defcustom tramp-completion-reread-directory-timeout 10
+  "Defines seconds since last remote command before rereading a directory.
+A remote directory might have changed its contents.  In order to
+make it visible during file name completion in the minibuffer,
+Tramp flushes its cache and rereads the directory contents when
+more than `tramp-completion-reread-directory-timeout' seconds
+have been gone since last remote command execution.  A value of 0
+would require an immediate reread during filename completion, nil
+means to use always cached values for the directory contents."
+  :group 'tramp
+  :type '(choice (const nil) integer))
+
 ;;; Internal Variables:
 
 (defvar tramp-end-of-output
@@ -2807,6 +2819,16 @@ and gid of the corresponding user is taken.  Both parameters must be integers."
   "Like `file-name-all-completions' for Tramp files."
   (unless (save-match-data (string-match "/" filename))
     (with-parsed-tramp-file-name (expand-file-name directory) nil
+      ;; Flush the directory cache.  There could be changed directory
+      ;; contents.
+      (when (and (integerp tramp-completion-reread-directory-timeout)
+		 (> (tramp-time-diff
+		     (current-time)
+		     (tramp-get-file-property
+		      v localname "last-completion" '(0 0 0)))
+		    tramp-completion-reread-directory-timeout))
+	(tramp-flush-file-property v localname))
+
       (all-completions
        filename
        (mapcar
@@ -2838,6 +2860,8 @@ and gid of the corresponding user is taken.  Both parameters must be integers."
 		      (point) (tramp-compat-line-end-position))
 		     result)))
 
+	   (tramp-set-file-property
+	    v localname "last-completion" (current-time))
 	   result)))))))
 
 ;; The following isn't needed for Emacs 20 but for 19.34?
@@ -4323,7 +4347,7 @@ ARGS are the arguments OPERATION has been called with."
    ; BUF
    ((member operation
 	    (list 'set-visited-file-modtime 'verify-visited-file-modtime
-                  ; Emacs 22 only
+                  ; since Emacs 22 only
 		  'make-auto-save-file-name
 	          ; XEmacs only
 		  'backup-buffer))
@@ -5699,7 +5723,7 @@ process to set up.  VEC specifies the connection."
 	  vec "uname"
 	  (tramp-send-command-and-read vec "echo \\\"`uname -sr`\\\""))))
     (when (and (stringp old-uname) (not (string-equal old-uname new-uname)))
-      (tramp-cleanup-connection vec)
+      (funcall (symbol-function 'tramp-cleanup-connection) vec)
       (signal
        'quit
        (list (format
@@ -6982,6 +7006,7 @@ If the `tramp-methods' entry does not exist, return NIL."
   (let ((bfn (buffer-file-name)))
     (when (and (stringp bfn)
 	       (tramp-tramp-file-p bfn)
+	       (buffer-modified-p)
 	       (stringp buffer-auto-save-file-name)
 	       (not (equal bfn buffer-auto-save-file-name)))
       (unless (file-exists-p buffer-auto-save-file-name)