[in emacs] C-x C-b *rcp/scp TAB
Buffer shows: override rw-r--r-- root/wheel for /home/mah/test~? (y/n [n])
If you manually type `mv test test~' on the remote host, do you get
the same prompt? I'm not sure that this is what rcp.el is doing, but
I guess this is what's happening.
What happens
t
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Mar 30 17:16 test~
[in emacs] C-x C-f /r@scp:everybody.org:test RET
[in emacs] test
[in emacs] C-x C-s
*** Wait ***
[in emacs] C-g
[in emacs] C-x C-b *rcp/scp TAB
Buffer shows: override rw-r--r-- root/wheel for /home/mah/test~? (y/n [n])
Mark.