MobileOrg, webdav, correct use of org-mobile-directory?

[James Harkins <jamshark70@gmail.com>]

Okay, I've just about gotten that WebDAV service set up for mobileorg sync. I can both GET and PUT files using cadaver. But org-mode isn't talking to it properly.

According to [1] ("[user]" is a substitute for the real http user name):

org-mobile-directory: /scpc:**user**@localhost:80/webdav/

Then org-mobile-push gets further:

Loading tramp...done
Tramp: Opening connection for [user]@localhost using scpc...
Tramp: Sending command `exec ssh -l [user]  -o ControlPath=/tmp/tramp.26688vS.%r@%h:%p -o ControlMaster=yes -e none localhost'

Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell
Tramp: Sending password
Tramp: Sending command `exec ssh -l [user]  -o ControlPath=/tmp/tramp.26688vS.%r@%h:%p -o ControlMaster=yes -e none localhost'
Tramp: Found remote shell prompt on `localhost'
Tramp: Opening connection for [user]@localhost using scpc...done

... but chokes on something surprising:

org-mobile-check-setup: Variable `org-mobile-directory' must point to an existing directory

Huh? [1] clearly says:

  (setq org-mobile-directory "/scpc:user@remote.host:org/webdav/")

... but:

  (unless (and org-mobile-directory
	       (stringp org-mobile-directory)
	       (string-match "\\S-" org-mobile-directory)
	       (file-exists-p org-mobile-directory)
	       (file-directory-p org-mobile-directory))
    (error
     "Variable `org-mobile-directory' must point to an existing directory"))

I suppose I can hack it by putting the physical location of the webdav share into org-mobile-directory. But, the documentation seems incompatible with the current behavior.

hjh

[1] http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#mobileorg_webdav


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