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Revision: emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-14 Archive: miles@gnu.org--gnu-2003 Creator: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> Summary: Avoid .arch-ids dirs when making autoloads Modified-files: ./lisp/Makefile.in New-patches: miles@gnu.org--gnu-2003/emacs--cvs-trunk--0--patch-14 Avoid .arch-ids dirs when making autoloads
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4 @settitle TRAMP User Manual
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8 @c This is *so* much nicer :)
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13 @c "autoconf && ./configure" to change the version number.
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16 @c depending whether Tramp is packaged into (X)Emacs, or standalone.
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18 @include trampver.texi
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20 @c Macro to make formatting of the tramp program name consistent.
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21 @macro tramp
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26 @c trampfn is for a full filename, trampfnmhp means method, host, localname
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28 @macro trampfn(method, user, host, localname)
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29 @value{tramp-prefix}@value{method}@value{user}@@@value{host}@value{tramp-postfix}@value{localname}
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33 Copyright @copyright{} 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software
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37 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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38 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
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39 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
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40 Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU
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41 Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the
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42 license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation
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45 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have freedom to copy and modify
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46 this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free
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47 Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development.''
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49 This document is part of a collection distributed under the GNU Free
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50 Documentation License. If you want to distribute this document
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51 separately from the collection, you can do so by adding a copy of the
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52 license to the document, as described in section 6 of the license.
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53 @end quotation
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54 @end copying
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56 @c Entries for @command{install-info} to use
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57 @dircategory Emacs
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58 @direntry
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59 * TRAMP: (tramp). Transparent Remote Access, Multiple Protocol
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60 Emacs remote file access via rsh and rcp.
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61 @end direntry
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66 @title @tramp{} version @trampver{} User Manual
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68 @author by Daniel Pittman
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69 @author based on documentation by Kai Gro@ss{}johann
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79 @ifnottex
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80 @node Top, Overview, (dir), (dir)
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81 @top @tramp{} version @trampver{} User Manual
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83 This file documents @tramp{} version @trampver{}, a remote file
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84 editing package for @value{emacs-name}.
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86 @tramp{} stands for `Transparent Remote (file) Access, Multiple
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87 Protocol'. This package provides remote file editing, similar to
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88 @value{ftp-package-name}.
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90 The difference is that @value{ftp-package-name} uses FTP to transfer
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91 files between the local and the remote host, whereas @tramp{} uses a
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92 combination of @command{rsh} and @command{rcp} or other work-alike
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93 programs, such as @command{ssh}/@command{scp}.
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95 You can find the latest version of this document on the web at
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96 @uref{http://www.freesoftware.fsf.org/tramp/}.
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98 @c Pointer to the other Emacs flavor is necessary only in case of
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99 @c standalone installation. Text taken from trampinst.texi.
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100 @ifset tramp-inst
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101 @otherflavor{}
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102 @end ifset
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105 This manual is also available as a @uref{tramp_ja.html, Japanese
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106 translation}.
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108 The latest release of @tramp{} is available for
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109 @uref{http://savannah.gnu.org/download/tramp/,
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110 download}, or you may see @ref{Obtaining @tramp{}} for more details,
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111 including the CVS server details.
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113 @tramp{} also has a @uref{https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/tramp/,
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114 Savannah Project Page}.
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115 @end ifhtml
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117 There is a mailing list for @tramp{}, available at
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118 @email{tramp-devel@@mail.freesoftware.fsf.org}, and archived at
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119 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-rcp@@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de/} as
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120 well as the usual Savannah archives.
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126 @menu
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127 * Overview:: What @tramp{} can and cannot do.
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129 For the end user:
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131 * Obtaining @tramp{}:: How to obtain @tramp{}.
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132 * History:: History of @tramp{}.
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133 @ifset tramp-inst
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134 * Installation:: Installing @tramp{} with your @value{emacs-name}.
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135 @end ifset
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137 * Usage:: An overview of the operation of @tramp{}.
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138 * Bug Reports:: Reporting Bugs and Problems.
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139 * Frequently Asked Questions:: Questions and answers from the mailing list.
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142 For the developer:
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145 * Files directories and localnames:: How file names, directories and localnames are mangled and managed.
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146 * Issues:: Debatable Issues and What Was Decided.
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148 @detailmenu
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149 --- The Detailed Node Listing ---
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152 Installing @tramp{} with your @value{emacs-name}
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154 * Installation parameters:: Parameters in order to control installation.
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155 * Load paths:: How to plug-in @tramp{} into your environment.
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157 @end ifset
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159 Configuring @tramp{} for use
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162 * Inline methods:: Inline methods.
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163 * External transfer methods:: External transfer methods.
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164 * Multi-hop Methods:: Connecting to a remote host using multiple hops.
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165 * Default Method:: Selecting a default method.
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166 * Customizing Methods:: Using Non-Standard Methods.
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167 * Customizing Completion:: Selecting config files for user/host name completion.
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169 * Remote shell setup:: Remote shell setup hints.
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170 * Windows setup hints:: Issues with Cygwin ssh.
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171 * Auto-save and Backup:: Auto-save and Backup.
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175 * Filename Syntax:: @tramp{} filename conventions.
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176 * Multi-hop filename syntax:: Multi-hop filename conventions.
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177 * Filename completion:: Filename completion.
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178 * Dired:: Dired.
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180 The inner workings of remote version control
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182 * Version Controlled Files:: Determining if a file is under version control.
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183 * Remote Commands:: Executing the version control commands on the remote machine.
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184 * Changed workfiles:: Detecting if the working file has changed.
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185 * Checking out files:: Bringing the workfile out of the repository.
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186 * Miscellaneous Version Control:: Things related to Version Control that don't fit elsewhere.
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188 Things related to Version Control that don't fit elsewhere
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190 * Remote File Ownership:: How VC determines who owns a workfile.
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191 * Back-end Versions:: How VC determines what release your RCS is.
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193 How file names, directories and localnames are mangled and managed
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195 * Localname deconstruction:: Breaking a localname into its components.
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197 @end detailmenu
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198 @end menu
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201 @chapter An overview of @tramp
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202 @cindex overview
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204 After the installation of @tramp{} into your @value{emacs-name}, you
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205 will be able to access files on remote machines as though they were
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206 local. Access to the remote file system for editing files, version
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207 control, and @command{dired} are transparently enabled.
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209 Your access to the remote machine can be with the @command{rsh},
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210 @command{rlogin}, @command{telnet} programs or with any similar
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211 connection method. This connection must pass ASCII successfully to be
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212 usable but need not be 8-bit clean.
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214 The package provides support for @command{ssh} connections out of the
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215 box, one of the more common uses of the package. This allows
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216 relatively secure access to machines, especially if @command{ftp}
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217 access is disabled.
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219 The majority of activity carried out by @tramp{} requires only that
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220 the remote login is possible and is carried out at the terminal. In
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221 order to access remote files @tramp{} needs to transfer their content
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222 to the local machine temporarily.
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224 @tramp{} can transfer files between the machines in a variety of ways.
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225 The details are easy to select, depending on your needs and the
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226 machines in question.
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228 The fastest transfer methods (for large files) rely on a remote file
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229 transfer package such as @command{rcp}, @command{scp} or
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230 @command{rsync}. The use of these methods is only possible if the
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231 file copy command does not ask for a password for the remote machine.
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233 If the remote copy methods are not suitable for you, @tramp{} also
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234 supports the use of encoded transfers directly through the shell.
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235 This requires that the @command{mimencode} or @command{uuencode} tools
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236 are available on the remote machine. These methods are generally
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237 faster for small files.
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239 Within these limitations, @tramp{} is quite powerful. It is worth
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240 noting that, as of the time of writing, it is far from a polished
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241 end-user product. For a while yet you should expect to run into rough
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242 edges and problems with the code now and then.
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245 the installation and setup can be a little difficult to master, as can
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246 the terminology.
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248 @tramp{} is still under active development and any problems you encounter,
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249 trivial or major, should be reported to the @tramp{} developers.
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250 @xref{Bug Reports}.
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253 @subsubheading Behind the scenes
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254 @cindex behind the scenes
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255 @cindex details of operation
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256 @cindex how it works
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261 Suppose you type @kbd{C-x C-f} and enter part of an @tramp{} file name,
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270 @var{user}} or a similar tool to connect to the remote host.
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276 The remote host may prompt for a login name (for @command{telnet}). The
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277 login name is given in the file name, so @tramp{} sends the login name and
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281 The remote host may prompt for a password or pass phrase (for
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282 @command{rsh} or for @command{telnet} after sending the login name).
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283 @tramp{} displays the prompt in the minibuffer, asking you for the
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284 password or pass phrase.
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286 You enter the password or pass phrase. @tramp{} sends it to the remote
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287 host, followed by a newline.
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290 @tramp{} now waits for the shell prompt or for a message that the login
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291 failed.
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293 If @tramp{} sees neither of them after a certain period of time (a minute,
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295 remote shell prompt and shows you what the remote host has sent.
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301 Suppose that the login was successful and @tramp{} sees the shell prompt
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303 Bourne shells and C shells have different command
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304 syntaxes.@footnote{Invoking @command{/bin/sh} will fail if your login
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305 shell doesn't recognize @samp{exec /bin/sh} as a valid command.
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309 ensure a good working environment. It turns off echoing, it sets the
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310 shell prompt, and a few other things.
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313 Now the remote shell is up and it good working order. Remember, what
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315 on the remote host so that it can do filename completion.
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318 also sometimes @command{echo} with globbing. Another command that is
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319 often used is @command{test} to find out whether a file is writable or a
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320 directory or the like. The output of each command is parsed for the
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321 necessary operation.
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324 Suppose you are finished with filename completion, have entered @kbd{C-x
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325 C-f}, a full file name and hit @kbd{@key{RET}}. Now comes the time to
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326 transfer the file contents from the remote host to the local host so
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327 that you can edit them.
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329 See above for an explanation of how @tramp{} transfers the file contents.
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337 @example
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338 rcp user@@host:/path/to/remote/file /tmp/tramp.4711
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340 It then reads the local temporary file @file{/tmp/tramp.4711} into a
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344 You now edit the buffer contents, blithely unaware of what has happened
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345 behind the scenes. (Unless you have read this section, that is.) When
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346 you are finished, you type @kbd{C-x C-s} to save the buffer.
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350 inline or out-of-band. This is the reverse of what happens when reading
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355 I hope this has provided you with a basic overview of what happens
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356 behind the scenes when you open a file with @tramp{}.
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360 @node Obtaining @tramp{}
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361 @chapter Obtaining @tramp{}.
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366 @uref{http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/tramp/}. This
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367 release includes the full documentation and code for @tramp{},
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368 suitable for installation. But Emacs (21.4 or later) includes
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369 @tramp{} already, and there is a @tramp{} package for XEmacs, as well.
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370 So maybe it is easier to just use those. But if you want the bleeding
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373 For the especially brave, @tramp{} is available from CVS. The CVS
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410 Once you've got updated files from the CVS repository, you need to run
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411 @command{autoconf} in order to get an up-to-date @file{configure}
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414 @example
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415 ] @strong{cd ~/@value{emacs-dir}/tramp}
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421 @chapter History of @tramp{}
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423 @cindex development history
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426 @file{rssh.el}, back then. It only provided one method to access a
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427 file, using @command{ssh} to log in to a remote host and using
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428 @command{scp} to transfer the file contents. After a while, the name
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430 many more methods for getting a remote shell and for transferring the
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431 file contents were added. Support for VC was added.
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433 The most recent addition of major features were the multi-hop methods
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434 added in April 2000 and the unification of @tramp{} and Ange-FTP
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439 @ifset tramp-inst
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440 @installationchapter{}
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444 @chapter Configuring @tramp{} for use
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445 @cindex configuration
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447 @cindex default configuration
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450 to connect to the remote host and to use base-64 encoding (on the
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451 remote host, via @command{mimencode}, and on the local host via the
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452 built-in support for base-64 encoding in Emacs).
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456 setup}, for details on this.
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458 If you do not wish to use these commands to connect to the remote
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460 that @tramp uses. There are several different methods that @tramp{}
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461 can use to connect to remote machines and transfer files
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462 (@pxref{Connection types}).
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465 @menu
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470 * Default Method:: Selecting a default method.
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476 * Auto-save and Backup:: Auto-save and Backup.
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482 @cindex connection types, overview
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485 advantages and limitations. Both types of connection make use of a
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487 @command{telnet} to connect to the remote machine.
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489 This connection is used to perform many of the operations that @tramp
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491 the local machine. It is only when visiting files that the methods
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494 @cindex inline methods
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495 @cindex external transfer methods
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496 @cindex external methods
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497 @cindex out-of-band methods
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498 @cindex methods, inline
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501 Loading or saving a remote file requires that the content of the file
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505 a remote copy program such as @command{rcp}, @command{scp} or
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506 @command{rsync}. The former are called @dfn{inline methods}, the
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511 than that of the inline methods, at least for large files. This is
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512 caused by the need to encode and decode the data when transferring
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517 transferring files, the overhead of the cryptographic negotiation at
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520 External transfer methods do require that the remote copy command is not
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521 interactive --- that is, the command does not prompt you for a password.
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525 @cindex multi-hop methods
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526 @cindex methods, multi-hop
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527 A variant of the inline methods are the @dfn{multi-hop methods}.
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528 These methods allow you to connect a remote host using a number `hops',
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529 each of which connects to a different host. This is useful if you are
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531 connect to the outside world.
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534 @node Inline methods
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535 @section Inline methods
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536 @cindex inline methods
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537 @cindex methods, inline
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539 The inline methods in @tramp{} are quite powerful and can work in
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540 situations where you cannot use an external transfer program to connect.
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541 Inline methods are the only methods that work when connecting to the
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542 remote machine via telnet. (There are also strange inline methods which
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543 allow you to transfer files between @emph{user identities} rather than
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544 hosts, see below.)
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545
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546 These methods depend on the existence of a suitable encoding and
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547 decoding command on remote machine. Locally, @tramp{} may be able to use
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548 features of Emacs to decode and encode the files or it may require
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549 access to external commands to perform that task.
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551 @cindex uuencode
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552 @cindex mimencode
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553 @cindex base-64 encoding
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554 @tramp{} checks the availability and usability of commands like
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555 @command{mimencode} (part of the @command{metamail} package) or
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556 @command{uuencode} on the remote host. The first reliable command
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557 will be used. The search path can be customized, see @ref{Remote
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558 Programs}.
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559
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560 If both commands aren't available on the remote host, @tramp{}
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561 transfers a small piece of Perl code to the remote host, and tries to
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562 apply it for encoding and decoding.
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563
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565 @table @asis
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566 @item @option{rsh}
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567 @cindex method rsh
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568 @cindex rsh method
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570 Connect to the remote host with @command{rsh}. Due to the unsecure
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571 connection it is recommended for very local host topology only.
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573 On operating systems which provide the command @command{remsh} instead
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574 of @command{rsh}, you can use the method @option{remsh}. This is true
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575 for HP-UX or Cray UNICOS, for example.
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576
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578 @item @option{ssh}
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579 @cindex method ssh
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580 @cindex ssh method
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581
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582 Connect to the remote host with @command{ssh}. This is identical to
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583 the previous option except that the @command{ssh} package is used,
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584 making the connection more secure.
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585
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586 There are also two variants, @option{ssh1} and @option{ssh2}, that
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587 call @samp{ssh -1} and @samp{ssh -2}, respectively. This way, you can
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588 explicitly select whether you want to use the SSH protocol version 1
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589 or 2 to connect to the remote host. (You can also specify in
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590 @file{~/.ssh/config}, the SSH configuration file, which protocol
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591 should be used, and use the regular @option{ssh} method.)
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592
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593 Two other variants, @option{ssh1_old} and @option{ssh2_old}, use the
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594 @command{ssh1} and @command{ssh2} commands explicitly. If you don't
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595 know what these are, you do not need these options.
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597 All the methods based on @command{ssh} have an additional kludgy
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598 feature: you can specify a host name which looks like @file{host#42}
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599 (the real host name, then a hash sign, then a port number). This
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600 means to connect to the given host but to also pass @code{-p 42} as
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601 arguments to the @command{ssh} command.
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604 @item @option{telnet}
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605 @cindex method telnet
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606 @cindex telnet method
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608 Connect to the remote host with @command{telnet}. This is as unsecure
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609 as the @option{rsh} method.
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612 @item @option{su}
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613 @cindex method su
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614 @cindex su method
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616 This method does not connect to a remote host at all, rather it uses
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617 the @command{su} program to allow you to edit files as another user.
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620 @item @option{sudo}
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621 @cindex method sudo
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622 @cindex sudo method
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624 This is similar to the @option{su} method, but it uses @command{sudo}
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627 Note that @command{sudo} must be configured to allow you to start a
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628 shell as the user. It would be nice if it was sufficient if
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629 @command{ls} and @command{mimencode} were allowed, but that is not
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630 easy to implement, so I haven't got around to it, yet.
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633 @item @option{sshx}
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634 @cindex method sshx
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635 @cindex sshx method
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636 @cindex Cygwin (with sshx method)
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638 As you expect, this is similar to @option{ssh}, only a little
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639 different. Whereas @option{ssh} opens a normal interactive shell on
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640 the remote host, this option uses @samp{ssh -t -t @var{host} -l
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641 @var{user} /bin/sh} to open a connection. This is useful for users
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642 where the normal login shell is set up to ask them a number of
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643 questions when logging in. This procedure avoids these questions, and
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644 just gives @tramp{} a more-or-less `standard' login shell to work
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645 with.
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647 Note that this procedure does not eliminate questions asked by
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648 @command{ssh} itself. For example, @command{ssh} might ask ``Are you
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649 sure you want to continue connecting?'' if the host key of the remote
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650 host is not known. @tramp{} does not know how to deal with such a
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652 in without such questions.
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653
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654 This is also useful for Windows users where @command{ssh}, when
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655 invoked from an Emacs buffer, tells them that it is not allocating a
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656 pseudo tty. When this happens, the login shell is wont to not print
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657 any shell prompt, which confuses @tramp{} mightily. For reasons
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658 unknown, some Windows ports for @command{ssh} (maybe the Cygwin one)
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659 require the doubled @samp{-t} option.
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661 This supports the @samp{-p} kludge.
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662
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664 @item @option{krlogin}
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665 @cindex method krlogin
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666 @cindex km krlogin
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667 @cindex Kerberos (with krlogin method)
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668
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669 This method is also similar to @option{ssh}. It only uses the
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670 @command{krlogin -x} command to log in to the remote host.
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671
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672
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673 @item @option{plink}
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674 @cindex method plink
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675 @cindex plink method
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676
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677 This method is mostly interesting for Windows users using the PuTTY
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678 implementation of SSH. It uses @samp{plink -ssh} to log in to the
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679 remote host.
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680
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681 Additionally, the method @option{plink1} is provided, which calls
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682 @samp{plink -1 -ssh} in order to use SSH protocol version 1
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683 explicitely.
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684
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685 CCC: Do we have to connect to the remote host once from the command
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686 line to accept the SSH key? Maybe this can be made automatic?
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687
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688 CCC: Does @command{plink} support the @samp{-p} option? @tramp{} will
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689 support that, anyway.
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690
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691 @end table
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692
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694
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695 @node External transfer methods
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696 @section External transfer methods
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697 @cindex methods, external transfer
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698 @cindex methods, out-of-band
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699 @cindex external transfer methods
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700 @cindex out-of-band methods
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701
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702 The external transfer methods operate through multiple channels, using
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703 the remote shell connection for many actions while delegating file
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704 transfers to an external transfer utility.
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705
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706 This saves the overhead of encoding and decoding that multiplexing the
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707 transfer through the one connection has with the inline methods.
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708
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709 If you want to use an external transfer method you @emph{must} be able
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710 to execute the transfer utility to copy files to and from the remote
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711 machine without any interaction.
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712
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713 @cindex ssh-agent
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714 This means that you will need to use @command{ssh-agent} if you use the
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715 @command{scp} program for transfers, or maybe your version of
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716 @command{scp} accepts a password on the command line.@footnote{PuTTY's
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717 @command{pscp} allows you to specify the password on the command line.}
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718 If you use @command{rsync} via @command{ssh} then the same rule must
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719 apply to that connection.
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720
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721 If you cannot get @command{scp} to run without asking for a password but
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722 would still like to use @command{ssh} to secure your connection, have a
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723 look at the @command{ssh} based inline methods.
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724
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725
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726 @table @asis
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727 @item @option{rcp} --- @command{rsh} and @command{rcp}
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728 @cindex method rcp
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729 @cindex rcp method
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730 @cindex rcp (with rcp method)
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731 @cindex rsh (with rcp method)
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732
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733 This method uses the @command{rsh} and @command{rcp} commands to connect
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734 to the remote machine and transfer files. This is probably the fastest
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735 connection method available.
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736
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737 The alternative method @option{remcp} uses the @command{remsh} and
f57bfce0ddaf Version 2.0.35 of Tramp released.
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738 @command{rcp} commands. It should be applied on machines where
f57bfce0ddaf Version 2.0.35 of Tramp released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
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739 @command{remsh} is used instead of @command{rsh}.
f57bfce0ddaf Version 2.0.35 of Tramp released.
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740
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741
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742 @item @option{scp} --- @command{ssh} and @command{scp}
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743 @cindex method scp
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744 @cindex scp method
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745 @cindex scp (with scp method)
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746 @cindex ssh (with scp method)
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747
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748 Using @command{ssh} to connect to the remote host and @command{scp} to
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749 transfer files between the machines is the best method for securely
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750 connecting to a remote machine and accessing files.
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751
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752 The performance of this option is also quite good. It may be slower than
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753 the inline methods when you often open and close small files however.
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754 The cost of the cryptographic handshake at the start of an @command{scp}
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755 session can begin to absorb the advantage that the lack of encoding and
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756 decoding presents.
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757
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758 There are also two variants, @option{scp1} and @option{scp2}, that
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759 call @samp{ssh -1} and @samp{ssh -2}, respectively. This way, you can
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760 explicitly select whether you want to use the SSH protocol version 1
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761 or 2 to connect to the remote host. (You can also specify in
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762 @file{~/.ssh/config}, the SSH configuration file, which protocol
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763 should be used, and use the regular @option{ssh} method.)
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764
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765 Two other variants, @option{scp1_old} and @option{scp2_old}, use the
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766 @command{ssh1} and @command{ssh2} commands explicitly. If you don't
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767 know what these are, you do not need these options.
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768
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769 All the @command{ssh} based methods support the kludgy @samp{-p}
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770 feature where you can specify a port number to connect to in the host
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771 name. For example, the host name @file{host#42} tells @tramp{} to
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772 specify @samp{-p 42} in the argument list for @command{ssh}.
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773
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775 @item @option{rsync} --- @command{ssh} and @command{rsync}
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776 @cindex method rsync
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777 @cindex rsync method
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778 @cindex rsync (with rsync method)
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779 @cindex ssh (with rsync method)
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780
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781 Using the @command{ssh} command to connect securely to the remote
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782 machine and the @command{rsync} command to transfer files is almost
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783 identical to the @option{scp} method.
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784
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785 While @command{rsync} performs much better than @command{scp} when
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786 transferring files that exist on both hosts, this advantage is lost if
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787 the file exists only on one side of the connection.
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788
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789 The @command{rsync} based method may be considerably faster than the
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790 @command{rcp} based methods when writing to the remote system. Reading
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791 files to the local machine is no faster than with a direct copy.
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793 This method supports the @samp{-p} hack.
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794
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795
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796 @item @option{scpx} --- @command{ssh} and @command{scp}
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797 @cindex method scpx
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798 @cindex scpx method
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799 @cindex scp (with scpx method)
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800 @cindex ssh (with scpx method)
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801 @cindex Cygwin (with scpx method)
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802
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803 As you expect, this is similar to @option{scp}, only a little
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804 different. Whereas @option{scp} opens a normal interactive shell on
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805 the remote host, this option uses @samp{ssh -t -t @var{host} -l
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806 @var{user} /bin/sh} to open a connection. This is useful for users
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807 where the normal login shell is set up to ask them a number of
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808 questions when logging in. This procedure avoids these questions, and
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809 just gives @tramp{} a more-or-less `standard' login shell to work
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810 with.
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811
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812 This is also useful for Windows users where @command{ssh}, when
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813 invoked from an Emacs buffer, tells them that it is not allocating a
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814 pseudo tty. When this happens, the login shell is wont to not print
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815 any shell prompt, which confuses @tramp{} mightily. Maybe this
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816 applies to the Cygwin port of SSH.
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818 This method supports the @samp{-p} hack.
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819
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820
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821 @item @option{pscp} --- @command{plink} and @command{pscp}
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822 @cindex method pscp
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823 @cindex pscp method
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824 @cindex pscp (with pscp method)
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825 @cindex plink (with pscp method)
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826 @cindex PuTTY (with pscp method)
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827
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828 This method is similar to @option{scp}, but it uses the
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829 @command{plink} command to connect to the remote host, and it uses
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830 @command{pscp} for transferring the files. These programs are part
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831 of PuTTY, an SSH implementation for Windows.
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832
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833 CCC: Does @command{plink} support the @samp{-p} hack?
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834
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835
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836 @item @option{fcp} --- @command{fsh} and @command{fcp}
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837 @cindex method fcp
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838 @cindex fcp method
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839 @cindex fsh (with fcp method)
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840 @cindex fcp (with fcp method)
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841
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842 This method is similar to @option{scp}, but it uses the @command{fsh}
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843 command to connect to the remote host, and it uses @command{fcp} for
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844 transferring the files. @command{fsh/fcp} are a front-end for
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845 @command{ssh} which allow for reusing the same @command{ssh} session
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846 for submitting several commands. This avoids the startup overhead of
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847 @command{scp} (which has to establish a secure connection whenever it
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848 is called). Note, however, that you can also use one of the inline
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849 methods to achieve a similar effect.
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850
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851 This method uses the command @samp{fsh @var{host} -l @var{user}
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852 /bin/sh -i} to establish the connection, it does not work to just say
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853 @command{fsh @var{host} -l @var{user}}.
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854
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855 @cindex method fsh
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856 @cindex fsh method
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857 There is no inline method using @command{fsh} as the multiplexing
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858 provided by the program is not very useful in our context. @tramp{}
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859 opens just one connection to the remote host and then keeps it open,
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860 anyway.
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861
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862
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863 @ifset emacs
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864 @item @option{ftp}
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865 @cindex method ftp
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866 @cindex ftp method
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867
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868 This is not a native @tramp{} method. Instead of, it forwards all
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869 requests to @value{ftp-package-name}.
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870 @end ifset
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871
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872
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873 @item @option{smb} --- @command{smbclient}
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874 @cindex method smb
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875 @cindex smb method
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876
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877 This is another not natural @tramp{} method. It uses the
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878 @command{smbclient} command on different Unices in order to connect to
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879 an SMB server. An SMB server might be a Samba (or CIFS) server on
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880 another UNIX host or, more interesting, a host running MS Windows. So
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881 far, it is tested towards MS Windows NT, MS Windows 2000, and MS
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882 Windows XP.
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883
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884 The first directory in the localname must be a share name on the remote
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885 host. Remember, that the @code{$} character in which default shares
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886 usually end, must be written @code{$$} due to environment variable
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887 substitution in file names. If no share name is given (i.e. remote
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888 directory @code{/}), all available shares are listed.
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889
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890 Since authorization is done on share level, you will be prompted
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891 always for a password if you access another share on the same host.
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892 Due to security reasons, the password is not cached.
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893
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894 MS Windows uses for authorization both a user name and a domain name.
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895 Because of this, the @tramp{} syntax has been extended: you can
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896 specify a user name which looks like @code{user%domain} (the real user
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897 name, then a percent sign, then the domain name). So, to connect to
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898 the machine @code{melancholia} as user @code{daniel} of the domain
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899 @code{BIZARRE}, and edit @file{.emacs} in the home directory (share
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900 @code{daniel$}) I would specify the filename
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901 @file{@value{tramp-prefix}smb@value{tramp-postfix-single-hop}daniel%BIZARRE@@melancholia@value{tramp-postfix}/daniel$$/.emacs}.
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902
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903 The domain name as well as the user name are optional. If no user
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904 name is specified at all, the anonymous user (without password
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905 prompting) is assumed. This is different from all other @tramp{}
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908 The @option{smb} method supports the @samp{-p} hack.
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909
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910 @strong{Please note:} If Emacs runs locally under MS Windows, this
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911 method isn't available. Instead of, you can use UNC file names like
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912 @file{//melancholia/daniel$$/.emacs}. The only disadvantage is that
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913 there's no possibility to specify another user name.
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914
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915 @end table
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916
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917 @node Multi-hop Methods
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918 @section Connecting to a remote host using multiple hops
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919 @cindex multi-hop methods
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920 @cindex methods, multi-hop
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921
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922 Sometimes, the methods described before are not sufficient. Sometimes,
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923 it is not possible to connect to a remote host using a simple command.
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924 For example, if you are in a secured network, you might have to log in
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925 to a `bastion host' first before you can connect to the outside world.
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926 Of course, the target host may also require a bastion host. The format
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927 of multi-hop filenames is slightly different than the format of normal
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928 @tramp{} methods.
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929
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930 @cindex method multi
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931 @cindex multi method
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932 A multi-hop file name specifies a method, a number of hops, and a
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933 localname (path name on the remote system). The method name is always
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934 @option{multi}.
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936 Each hop consists of a @dfn{hop method} specification, a user name and
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937 a host name. The hop method can be an inline method only. The
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938 following hop methods are (currently) available:
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940 @table @option
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941 @item telnet
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942 @cindex hop method telnet
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943 @cindex telnet hop method
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944
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945 Uses the well-known @command{telnet} program to connect to the host.
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946 Whereas user name and host name are supplied in the file name, the
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947 user is queried for the password.
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948
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949 @item rsh
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950 @cindex hop method rsh
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951 @cindex rsh hop method
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952
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953 This uses @command{rsh} to connect to the host. You do not need to
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954 enter a password unless @command{rsh} explicitly asks for it.
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955
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956 The variant @option{remsh} uses the @command{remsh} command. It
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957 should be applied on machines where @command{remsh} is used instead of
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958 @command{rsh}.
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959
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960 @item ssh
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961 @cindex hop method ssh
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962 @cindex ssh hop method
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963
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964 This uses @command{ssh} to connect to the host. You might have to enter
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965 a password or a pass phrase.
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966
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967 @item su
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968 @cindex hop method su
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969 @cindex su hop method
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970
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971 This method does not actually contact a different host, but it allows
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972 you to become a different user on the host you're currently on. This
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973 might be useful if you want to edit files as root, but the remote host
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975 @option{telnet}, @option{rsh} or @option{ssh} to connect to the
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976 remote host as a non-root user, then use an @option{su} hop to become
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977 root. But @option{su} need not be the last hop in a sequence, you could
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978 also use it somewhere in the middle, if the need arises.
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979
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980 Even though you @emph{must} specify both user and host with an
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981 @option{su} hop, the host name is ignored and only the user name is
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982 used.
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983
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984 @item sudo
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985 @cindex hop method sudo
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986 @cindex sudo hop method
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987
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988 This is similar to the @option{su} hop, except that it uses
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989 @command{sudo} rather than @command{su} to become a different user.
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990
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991 @end table
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992
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993 Some people might wish to use port forwarding with @command{ssh} or
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994 maybe they have to use a nonstandard port. This can be accomplished
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995 by putting a stanza in @file{~/.ssh/config} for the account which
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996 specifies a different port number for a certain host name. But it can
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997 also be accomplished within @tramp{}, by adding a multi-hop method.
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998 For example:
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999
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1000 @lisp
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1001 (add-to-list
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1002 'tramp-multi-connection-function-alist
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1003 '("sshf" tramp-multi-connect-rlogin "ssh %h -l %u -p 4400%n"))
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1004 @end lisp
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1005
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1006 Now you can use an @code{sshf} hop which connects to port 4400 instead of
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1007 the standard port.
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1008
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1009
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1010 @node Default Method
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1011 @section Selecting a default method
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1012 @cindex default method
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1014 @vindex tramp-default-method
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1015 When you select an appropriate transfer method for your typical usage
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1016 you should set the variable @var{tramp-default-method} to reflect that
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1017 choice. This variable controls which method will be used when a method
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1019
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1020 @lisp
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1021 (setq tramp-default-method "scp")
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1022 @end lisp
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1023
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1024 @vindex tramp-default-method-alist
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1025 You can also specify different methods for certain user/host
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1026 combinations, via the variable @var{tramp-default-method-alist}. For
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1027 example, the following two lines specify to use the @option{ssh}
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1028 method for all user names matching @samp{john} and the @option{rsync}
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1029 method for all host names matching @samp{lily}. The third line
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1030 specifies to use the @option{su} method for the user @samp{root} on
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1031 the machine @samp{localhost}.
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1033 @lisp
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1034 (add-to-list 'tramp-default-method-alist '("" "john" "ssh"))
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1035 (add-to-list 'tramp-default-method-alist '("lily" "" "rsync"))
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1036 (add-to-list 'tramp-default-method-alist
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1037 '("\\`localhost\\'" "\\`root\\'" "su"))
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1038 @end lisp
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1039
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1040 @noindent
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1041 See the documentation for the variable
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1042 @var{tramp-default-method-alist} for more details.
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1043
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1045 methods, giving better performance. They may not be useful if you use
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1046 many remote machines where you cannot log in without a password.
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1047
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1048 @xref{Inline methods}.
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1049 @xref{External transfer methods}.
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1050 @xref{Multi-hop Methods}.
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1051
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1052 Another consideration with the selection of transfer methods is the
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1054 Internet, the security implications of your preferred method.
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1055
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1056 The @command{rsh} and @command{telnet} methods send your password as
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1057 plain text as you log in to the remote machine, as well as transferring
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1058 the files in such a way that the content can easily be read from other
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1059 machines.
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1060
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1061 If you need to connect to remote systems that are accessible from the
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1062 Internet, you should give serious thought to using @command{ssh} based
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1063 methods to connect. These provide a much higher level of security,
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1064 making it a non-trivial exercise for someone to obtain your password or
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1065 read the content of the files you are editing.
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1066
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1067 @node Customizing Methods
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1068 @section Using Non-Standard Methods
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1069 @cindex customizing methods
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1070 @cindex using non-standard methods
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1071 @cindex create your own methods
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1072
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1073 There is a variable @code{tramp-methods} which you can change if the
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1074 predefined methods don't seem right.
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1075
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1076 For the time being, I'll refer you to the Lisp documentation of that
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1077 variable, accessible with @kbd{C-h v tramp-methods @key{RET}}.
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1078
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1079
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1080 @node Customizing Completion
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1081 @section Selecting config files for user/host name completion
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1082 @cindex customizing completion
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1083 @cindex selecting config files
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1084 @vindex tramp-completion-function-alist
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1085
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1086 The variable @code{tramp-completion-function-alist} is intended to
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1087 customize which files are taken into account for user and host name
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1088 completion (@pxref{Filename completion}). For every method, it keeps
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1089 a set of configuration files, accompanied by a Lisp function able to
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1090 parse that file. Entries in @code{tramp-completion-function-alist}
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1091 have the form (@var{method} @var{pair1} @var{pair2} ...).
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1092
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1093 Each @var{pair} is composed of (@var{function} @var{file}).
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1094 @var{function} is responsible to extract user names and host names
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1095 from @var{file} for completion. There are two functions which access
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1096 this variable:
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1097
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1098 @defun tramp-get-completion-function method
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1099 This function returns the list of completion functions for @var{method}.
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1100
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1101 Example:
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1102 @example
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1103 (tramp-get-completion-function "rsh")
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1104
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1105 @result{} ((tramp-parse-rhosts "/etc/hosts.equiv")
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1106 (tramp-parse-rhosts "~/.rhosts"))
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1107 @end example
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1108 @end defun
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1109
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1110 @defun tramp-set-completion-function method function-list
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1111 This function sets @var{function-list} as list of completion functions
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1112 for @var{method}.
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1113
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1114 Example:
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1115 @example
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1116 (tramp-set-completion-function "ssh"
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1117 '((tramp-parse-sconfig "/etc/ssh_config")
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1118 (tramp-parse-sconfig "~/.ssh/config")))
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1119
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1120 @result{} ((tramp-parse-sconfig "/etc/ssh_config")
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1121 (tramp-parse-sconfig "~/.ssh/config"))
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1122 @end example
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1123 @end defun
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1124
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1125 The following predefined functions parsing configuration files exist:
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1126
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1127 @table @asis
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1128 @item @code{tramp-parse-rhosts}
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1129 @findex tramp-parse-rhosts
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1130
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1131 This function parses files which are syntactical equivalent to
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1132 @file{~/.rhosts}. It returns both host names and user names, if
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1133 specified.
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1134
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1135 @item @code{tramp-parse-shosts}
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1136 @findex tramp-parse-shosts
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1137
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1138 This function parses files which are syntactical equivalent to
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1139 @file{~/.ssh/known_hosts}. Since there are no user names specified
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1140 in such files, it can return host names only.
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1141
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1142 @item @code{tramp-parse-sconfig}
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1143 @findex tramp-parse-shosts
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1144
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1145 This function returns the host nicknames defined by @code{Host} entries
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1146 in @file{~/.ssh/config} style files.
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1147
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1148 @item @code{tramp-parse-hosts}
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1149 @findex tramp-parse-hosts
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1150
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1151 A function dedicated to @file{/etc/hosts} style files. It returns
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1152 host names only.
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1153
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1154 @item @code{tramp-parse-passwd}
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1155 @findex tramp-parse-passwd
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1157 A function which parses @file{/etc/passwd} like files. Obviously, it
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1158 can return user names only.
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1160 @item @code{tramp-parse-netrc}
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1161 @findex tramp-parse-netrc
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1162
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1163 Finally, a function which parses @file{~/.netrc} like files.
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1164 @end table
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1165
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1166 If you want to keep your own data in a file, with your own structure,
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1167 you might provide such a function as well. This function must meet
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1168 the following conventions:
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1169
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1170 @defun my-tramp-parse file
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1171 @var{file} must be either a file name on your host, or @code{nil}. The
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1172 function must return a list of (@var{user} @var{host}), which are
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1173 taken as candidates for user and host name completion.
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1174
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1175 Example:
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1176 @example
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1177 (my-tramp-parse "~/.my-tramp-hosts")
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1178
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1179 @result{} ((nil "toto") ("daniel" "melancholia"))
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1180 @end example
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1181 @end defun
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1183
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1185 @section How @tramp{} finds and uses programs on the remote machine.
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1186
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1187 @tramp{} depends on a number of programs on the remote host in order to
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1188 function, including @command{ls}, @command{test}, @command{find} and
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1189 @command{cat}.
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1190
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1191 In addition to these required tools, there are various tools that may be
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1194
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1195 Certain other tools, such as @command{perl} (or @command{perl5}) and
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1198 remote file access.
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1199
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1200 @vindex tramp-remote-path
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1202 programs that it can use. The variable @var{tramp-remote-path} controls
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1203 the directories searched on the remote machine.
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1204
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1205 By default, this is set to a reasonable set of defaults for most
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1206 machines. It is possible, however, that your local (or remote ;) system
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1208 directory.
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1209
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1210 In this case, you can still use them with @tramp{}. You simply need to
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1211 add code to your @file{.emacs} to add the directory to the remote path.
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1212 This will then be searched by @tramp{} when you connect and the software
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1213 found.
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1214
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1215 To add a directory to the remote search path, you could use code such
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1217
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1218 @lisp
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1219 @i{;; We load @tramp{} to define the variable.}
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1220 (require 'tramp)
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1221 @i{;; We have @command{perl} in "/usr/local/perl/bin"}
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1222 (add-to-list 'tramp-remote-path "/usr/local/perl/bin")
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1223 @end lisp
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1224
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1226 @node Remote shell setup
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1227 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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1228 @section Remote shell setup hints
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1229 @cindex remote shell setup
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1230 @cindex @file{.profile} file
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1231 @cindex @file{.login} file
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1232 @cindex shell init files
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1233
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1235 remote host and talks to the shell it finds there. Of course, when you
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1236 log in, the shell executes its init files. Suppose your init file
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1237 requires you to enter the birth date of your mother; clearly @tramp{}
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1239
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1240 There are different possible strategies for pursuing this problem. One
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1241 strategy is to enable @tramp{} to deal with all possible situations.
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1242 This is a losing battle, since it is not possible to deal with
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1243 @emph{all} situations. The other strategy is to require you to set up
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1244 the remote host such that it behaves like @tramp{} expect. This might
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1245 be inconvenient because you have to invest a lot of effort into shell
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1246 setup before you can begin to use @tramp{}.
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1247
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1248 The package, therefore, pursues a combined approach. It tries to figure
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1249 out some of the more common setups, and only requires you to avoid
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1250 really exotic stuff. For example, it looks through a list of
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1251 directories to find some programs on the remote host. And also, it
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1252 knows that it is not obvious how to check whether a file exists, and
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1254 the command @code{test -e} does the trick, on some hosts the shell
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1255 builtin doesn't work but the program @code{/usr/bin/test -e} or
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1256 @code{/bin/test -e} works. And on still other hosts, @code{ls -d} is
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1257 the right way to do this.)
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1258
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1260 with, and that you therefore have to set up correctly.
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1262 @table @asis
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1263 @item @var{shell-prompt-pattern}
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1264 @vindex shell-prompt-pattern
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1266 After logging in to the remote host, @tramp{} has to wait for the remote
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1267 shell startup to finish before it can send commands to the remote
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1268 shell. The strategy here is to wait for the shell prompt. In order to
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1269 recognize the shell prompt, the variable @code{shell-prompt-pattern} has
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1270 to be set correctly to recognize the shell prompt on the remote host.
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1271
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1272 Note that @tramp{} requires the match for @code{shell-prompt-pattern}
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1273 to be at the end of the buffer. Many people have something like the
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1274 following as the value for the variable: @code{"^[^>$][>$] *"}. Now
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1275 suppose your shell prompt is @code{a <b> c $ }. In this case,
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1276 @tramp{} recognizes the @code{>} character as the end of the prompt,
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1277 but it is not at the end of the buffer.
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1279 @item @var{tramp-shell-prompt-pattern}
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1280 @vindex tramp-shell-prompt-pattern
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1281
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1282 This regular expression is used by @tramp{} in the same way as
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1283 @code{shell-prompt-pattern}, to match prompts from the remote shell.
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1284 This second variable exists because the prompt from the remote shell
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1285 might be different from the prompt from a local shell --- after all,
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1286 the whole point of @tramp{} is to log in to remote hosts as a
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1287 different user. The default value of
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1288 @code{tramp-shell-prompt-pattern} is the same as the default value of
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1289 @code{shell-prompt-pattern}, which is reported to work well in many
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1290 circumstances.
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1291
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1292 @item @code{tset} and other questions
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
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1293 @cindex Unix command tset
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1294 @cindex tset Unix command
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1295
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1296 Some people invoke the @code{tset} program from their shell startup
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1297 scripts which asks the user about the terminal type of the shell.
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1298 Maybe some shells ask other questions when they are started. @tramp{}
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1299 does not know how to answer these questions. There are two approaches
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1300 for dealing with this problem. One approach is to take care that the
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1301 shell does not ask any questions when invoked from @tramp{}. You can
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1302 do this by checking the @code{TERM} environment variable, it will be
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1303 set to @code{dumb} when connecting.
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1304
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1305 @vindex tramp-terminal-type
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1306 The variable @code{tramp-terminal-type} can be used to change this value
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1307 to @code{dumb}.
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1308
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1309 The other approach is to teach @tramp{} about these questions. See
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1310 the variables @code{tramp-actions-before-shell} and
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1311 @code{tramp-multi-actions} (for multi-hop connections).
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1312
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1313 @item Non-Bourne commands in @file{.profile}
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1314
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1315 After logging in to the remote host, @tramp{} issues the command
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1316 @code{exec /bin/sh}. (Actually, the command is slightly different.)
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parents: 51604
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1317 When @code{/bin/sh} is executed, it reads some init files, such as
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1318 @file{~/.shrc} or @file{~/.profile}.
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parents: 51604
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1319
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1320 Now, some people have a login shell which is not @code{/bin/sh} but a
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
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1321 Bourne-ish shell such as bash or ksh. Some of these people might put
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
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1322 their shell setup into the files @code{~/.shrc} or @code{~/.profile}.
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
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1323 This way, it is possible for non-Bourne constructs to end up in those
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
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parents: 51604
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1324 files. Then, @code{exec /bin/sh} might cause the Bourne shell to barf
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1325 on those constructs.
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1326
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1327 As an example, imagine somebody putting @code{export FOO=bar} into the
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1328 file @file{~/.profile}. The standard Bourne shell does not understand
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
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parents: 51604
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1329 this syntax and will emit a syntax error when it reaches this line.
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
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1330
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parents: 51604
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1331 Another example is the tilde (@code{~}) character, say when adding
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1332 @file{~/bin} to @code{$PATH}. Many Bourne shells will not expand this
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1333 character, and since there is usually no directory whose name consists
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1334 of the single character tilde, strange things will happen.
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parents: 51604
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1335
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parents: 51604
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1336 What can you do about this?
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parents: 51604
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1337
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parents: 51604
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1338 Well, one possibility is to make sure that everything in @file{~/.shrc}
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1339 and @file{~/.profile} on all remote hosts is Bourne-compatible. In the
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1340 above example, instead of @code{export FOO=bar}, you might use
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1341 @code{FOO=bar; export FOO} instead.
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parents: 51604
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1342
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parents: 51604
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1343 The other possibility is to put your non-Bourne shell setup into some
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1344 other files. For example, bash reads the file @file{~/.bash_profile}
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1345 instead of @file{~/.profile}, if the former exists. So bash
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1346 aficionados just rename their @file{~/.profile} to
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1347 @file{~/.bash_profile} on all remote hosts, and Bob's your uncle.
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1348
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1349 The @tramp{} developers would like to circumvent this problem, so if you
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1350 have an idea about it, please tell us. However, we are afraid it is not
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1351 that simple: before saying @code{exec /bin/sh}, @tramp{} does not know
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1352 which kind of shell it might be talking to. It could be a Bourne-ish
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1353 shell like ksh or bash, or it could be a csh derivative like tcsh, or
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1354 it could be zsh, or even rc. If the shell is Bourne-ish already, then
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1355 it might be prudent to omit the @code{exec /bin/sh} step. But how to
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1356 find out if the shell is Bourne-ish?
2693b0669cc1 Tramp 2.0.36 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 51604
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1357
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1358 @end table
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1359
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1360
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1361 @node Auto-save and Backup
155b4b78aa3b * tramp.el: Version 2.0.31 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
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1362 @section Auto-save and Backup configuration
155b4b78aa3b * tramp.el: Version 2.0.31 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1363 @cindex auto-save
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1364 @cindex backup
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1365 @vindex backup-directory-alist
155b4b78aa3b * tramp.el: Version 2.0.31 released.
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parents: 49996
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1366
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1367 Explaining auto-save is still to do.
155b4b78aa3b * tramp.el: Version 2.0.31 released.
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parents: 49996
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1368
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1369 Normally, Emacs writes backup files to the same directory as the
155b4b78aa3b * tramp.el: Version 2.0.31 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1370 original files, but this behavior can be changed via the variable
155b4b78aa3b * tramp.el: Version 2.0.31 released.
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parents: 49996
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1371 @code{backup-directory-alist}. In connection with @tramp{}, this can
155b4b78aa3b * tramp.el: Version 2.0.31 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1372 have unexpected side effects. Suppose that you specify that all backups
155b4b78aa3b * tramp.el: Version 2.0.31 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1373 should go to the directory @file{~/.emacs.d/backups/}, and then you edit
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1374 the file @file{/su:root@@localhost:/etc/secretfile}. The effect is that
155b4b78aa3b * tramp.el: Version 2.0.31 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1375 the backup file will be owned by you and not by root, thus possibly
155b4b78aa3b * tramp.el: Version 2.0.31 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1376 enabling others to see it even if they were not intended to see it.
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1377
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1378 When @code{backup-directory-alist} is nil (the default), such problems
155b4b78aa3b * tramp.el: Version 2.0.31 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1379 do not occur.
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1380
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1381 If you wish to customize the variable, the workaround is to include
155b4b78aa3b * tramp.el: Version 2.0.31 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1382 special settings for Tramp files. For example, the following statement
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1383 effectively `turns off' the effect of @code{backup-directory-alist} for
155b4b78aa3b * tramp.el: Version 2.0.31 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1384 @tramp{} files:
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1385
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1386 @lisp
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1387 (require 'tramp)
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
diff changeset
1388 (add-to-list 'backup-directory-alist
155b4b78aa3b * tramp.el: Version 2.0.31 released.
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1389 (cons tramp-file-name-regexp nil))
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
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1390 @end lisp
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 49996
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1391
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1392
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1393 @node Windows setup hints
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1394 @section Issues with Cygwin ssh
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93ea423da06e Index entries.
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1395 @cindex Cygwin, issues
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1397 This section needs a lot of work! Please help.
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1398
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
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1399 @cindex method sshx with Cygwin
d29e4e3d4f5d (External transfer methods): New method `smb'. From
Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
parents: 47772
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1400 @cindex sshx method with Cygwin
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1401 If you use the Cygwin installation of ssh (you have to explicitly select
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1402 it in the installer), then it should work out of the box to just select
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Kai Großjohann <kgrossjo@eu.uu.net>
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1403 @code{sshx} as the connection method. You can find information about
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1404 setting up Cygwin in their FAQ at @uref{http://cygwin.com/faq/}.
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1405
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1406 @cindex method scpx with Cygwin
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1407 @cindex scpx method with Cygwin
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1408 If you wish to use the @code{scpx} connection method, then you might
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1409 have the problem that Emacs calls @code{scp} with a Windows filename
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1410 such as @code{c:/foo}. The Cygwin version of @code{scp} does not know
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1411 about Windows filenames and interprets this as a remote filename on the
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1412 host @code{c}.
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1413
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1414 One possible workaround is to write a wrapper script for @code{scp}
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1415 which converts the Windows filename to a Cygwinized filename.
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1416
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1417 I guess that another workaround is to run Emacs under Cygwin, or to run
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1418 a Cygwinized Emacs.
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1419
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1420 @cindex Cygwin and ssh-agent
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1421 @cindex SSH_AUTH_SOCK and Emacs on Windows
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1422 If you want to use either @code{ssh} based method on Windows, then you
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1423 might encounter problems with @code{ssh-agent}. Using this program,
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1424 you can avoid typing the pass-phrase every time you log in (and the
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1425 @code{scpx} method more or less requires you to use @code{ssh-agent}
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1426 because it does not allow you to type a password or pass-phrase).
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1427 However, if you start Emacs from a desktop shortcut, then the
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1428 environment variable @code{SSH_AUTH_SOCK} is not set and so Emacs and
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1429 thus @tramp{} and thus @code{ssh} and @code{scp} started from @tramp{}
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1430 cannot communicate with @code{ssh-agent}. It works better to start
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1431 Emacs from the shell.
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1432
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1433 If anyone knows how to start @code{ssh-agent} under Windows in such a
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1434 way that desktop shortcuts can profit, please holler. I don't really
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1435 know anything at all about Windows@dots{}
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1436
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1437
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1438 @node Usage
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1439 @chapter Using @tramp
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1440 @cindex using @tramp
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1441
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1442 Once you have installed @tramp{} it will operate fairly transparently. You
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1443 will be able to access files on any remote machine that you can log in
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1444 to as though they were local.
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1445
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1446 Files are specified to @tramp{} using a formalized syntax specifying the
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1447 details of the system to connect to. This is similar to the syntax used
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1448 by the @value{ftp-package-name} package.
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1449
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1450 @cindex type-ahead
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1451 Something that might happen which surprises you is that Emacs
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1452 remembers all your keystrokes, so if you see a password prompt from
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1453 Emacs, say, and hit @kbd{@key{RET}} twice instead of once, then the
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1454 second keystroke will be processed by Emacs after @tramp{} has done
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1455 its thing. Why, this type-ahead is normal behavior, you say. Right
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1456 you are, but be aware that opening a remote file might take quite a
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1457 while, maybe half a minute when a connection needs to be opened.
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1458 Maybe after half a minute you have already forgotten that you hit that
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1459 key!
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1460
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1461 @menu
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1462 * Filename Syntax:: @tramp{} filename conventions.
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1463 * Multi-hop filename syntax:: Multi-hop filename conventions.
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1464 * Filename completion:: Filename completion.
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1465 * Dired:: Dired.
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1466 @end menu
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1467
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1468
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1469 @node Filename Syntax
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1470 @section @tramp{} filename conventions
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1471 @cindex filename syntax
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1472 @cindex filename examples
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1473
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1474 To access the file @var{localname} on the remote machine @var{machine} you
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1475 would specify the filename
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1476 @file{@value{tramp-prefix}@var{machine}@value{tramp-postfix}@var{localname}}.
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1477 This will connect to @var{machine} and transfer the file using the
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1478 default method. @xref{Default Method}.
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1479
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1480 Some examples of @tramp{} filenames are shown below.
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1481
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1482 @table @file
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1483 @item @value{tramp-prefix}melancholia@value{tramp-postfix}.emacs
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1484 Edit the file @file{.emacs} in your home directory on the machine
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1485 @code{melancholia}.
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1486
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1487 @item @value{tramp-prefix}melancholia.danann.net@value{tramp-postfix}.emacs
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1488 This edits the same file, using the fully qualified domain name of
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1489 the machine.
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1490
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1491 @item @value{tramp-prefix}melancholia@value{tramp-postfix}~/.emacs
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1492 This also edits the same file --- the @file{~} is expanded to your
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1493 home directory on the remote machine, just like it is locally.
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1494
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1495 @item @value{tramp-prefix}melancholia@value{tramp-postfix}~daniel/.emacs
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1496 This edits the file @file{.emacs} in the home directory of the user
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1497 @code{daniel} on the machine @code{melancholia}. The @file{~<user>}
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1498 construct is expanded to the home directory of that user on the remote
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1499 machine.
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1500
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1501 @item @value{tramp-prefix}melancholia@value{tramp-postfix}/etc/squid.conf
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1502 This edits the file @file{/etc/squid.conf} on the machine
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1503 @code{melancholia}.
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1504
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1505 @end table
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1506
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1507 Unless you specify a different name to use, @tramp{} will use the
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1508 current local user name as the remote user name to log in with. If you
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1509 need to log in as a different user, you can specify the user name as
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1510 part of the filename.
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1511
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1512 To log in to the remote machine as a specific user, you use the syntax
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1513 @file{@value{tramp-prefix}@var{user}@@@var{machine}@value{tramp-postfix}/@var{path/to.file}}.
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1514 That means that connecting to @code{melancholia} as @code{daniel} and
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1515 editing @file{.emacs} in your home directory you would specify
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1516 @file{@value{tramp-prefix}daniel@@melancholia@value{tramp-postfix}.emacs}.
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1517
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1518 It is also possible to specify other file transfer methods
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1519 (@pxref{Default Method}) as part of the filename.
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1520 @ifset emacs
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1521 This is done by putting the method before the user and host name, as
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1522 in
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1523 @file{@value{tramp-prefix}@var{method}@value{tramp-postfix-single-hop}}
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1524 (Note the trailing colon).
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1525 @end ifset
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1526 @ifset xemacs
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1527 This is done by replacing the initial
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1528 @file{@value{tramp-prefix}} with
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1529 @file{@value{tramp-prefix}<method>@value{tramp-postfix-single-hop}}.
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1530 (Note the trailing slash!).
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1531 @end ifset
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1532 The user, machine and file specification remain the same.
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1533
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1534 So, to connect to the machine @code{melancholia} as @code{daniel},
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1535 using the @option{su} method to transfer files, and edit @file{.emacs}
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1536 in my home directory I would specify the filename
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1537 @file{@value{tramp-prefix}su@value{tramp-postfix-single-hop}daniel@@melancholia@value{tramp-postfix}.emacs}.
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1538
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1539
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1540 @node Multi-hop filename syntax
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1541 @section Multi-hop filename conventions
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1542 @cindex filename syntax for multi-hop files
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1543 @cindex multi-hop filename syntax
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1544
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1545 The syntax of multi-hop file names is necessarily slightly different
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1546 than the syntax of other @tramp{} file names. Here's an example
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1547 multi-hop file name, first in Emacs syntax and then in XEmacs syntax:
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1548
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1549 @example
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1550 @value{tramp-prefix}multi@value{tramp-postfix-single-hop}rsh@value{tramp-postfix-multi-hop}out@@gate@value{tramp-postfix-single-hop}telnet@value{tramp-postfix-multi-hop}kai@@real.host@value{tramp-postfix}/path/to.file
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1551 @end example
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1552
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1553 This is quite a mouthful. So let's go through it step by step. The
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1554 file name consists of three parts.
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1555 @ifset emacs
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1556 The parts are separated by colons
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1557 @end ifset
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1558 @ifset xemacs
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1559 The parts are separated by slashes and square brackets.
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1560 @end ifset
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1561 The first part is @file{@value{tramp-prefix}multi}, the method
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1562 specification. The second part is
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1563 @file{rsh@value{tramp-postfix-multi-hop}out@@gate@value{tramp-postfix-single-hop}telnet@value{tramp-postfix-multi-hop}kai@@real.host}
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1564 and specifies the hops. The final part is @file{/path/to.file} and
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1565 specifies the file name on the remote host.
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1566
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1567 The first part and the final part should be clear. See @ref{Multi-hop
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1568 Methods}, for a list of alternatives for the method specification.
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1569
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1570 The second part can be subdivided again into components, so-called
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1571 hops. In the above file name, there are two hops,
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1572 @file{rsh@value{tramp-postfix-multi-hop}out@@gate} and
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1573 @file{telnet@value{tramp-postfix-multi-hop}kai@@real.host}.
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1574
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1575 Each hop can @emph{again} be subdivided into (three) components, the
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1576 @dfn{hop method}, the @dfn{user name} and the @dfn{host name}. The
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1577 meaning of the second and third component should be clear, and the hop
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1578 method says what program to use to perform that hop.
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1579
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1580 The first hop, @file{rsh@value{tramp-postfix-multi-hop}out@@gate},
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1581 says to use @command{rsh} to log in as user @code{out} to the host
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1582 @code{gate}. Starting at that host, the second hop,
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1583 @file{telnet@value{tramp-postfix-multi-hop}kai@@real.host}, says to
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1584 use @command{telnet} to log in as user @code{kai} to host
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1585 @code{real.host}.
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1586
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1587 @xref{Multi-hop Methods}, for a list of possible hop method values.
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1588 The variable @code{tramp-multi-connection-function-alist} contains the
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1589 list of possible hop methods and information on how to execute them,
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1590 should you want to add your own.
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1591
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1592
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1593 @node Filename completion
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1594 @section Filename completion
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1595 @cindex filename completion
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1596
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1597 Filename completion works with @tramp{} for both completing methods,
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1598 user names and machine names (except multi hop methods) as well as for
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1599 files on remote machines.
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1600
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1601 If you, for example, type @kbd{C-x C-f @value{tramp-prefix}t
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1602 @key{TAB}}, @tramp{} might give you as result the choice for
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1603
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1604 @example
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1605 @ifset emacs
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1606 @value{tramp-prefix-single-hop}telnet@value{tramp-postfix-single-hop} tmp/
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1607 @value{tramp-prefix-single-hop}toto@value{tramp-postfix}
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1608 @end ifset
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1609 @ifset xemacs
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1610 @value{tramp-prefix-single-hop}telnet@value{tramp-postfix-single-hop} @value{tramp-prefix-single-hop}toto@value{tramp-postfix}
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1611 @end ifset
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1612 @end example
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1613
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1614 @samp{@value{tramp-prefix-single-hop}telnet@value{tramp-postfix-single-hop}}
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1615 is a possible completion for the respective method,
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1616 @ifset emacs
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1617 @samp{tmp/} stands for the directory @file{/tmp} on your local
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1618 machine,
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1619 @end ifset
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1620 and @samp{@value{tramp-prefix-single-hop}toto@value{tramp-postfix}}
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1621 might be a host @tramp has detected in your @file{~/.ssh/known_hosts}
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1622 file (given you're using default method @option{ssh}).
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1623
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1624 If you go on to type @kbd{e @key{TAB}}, the minibuffer is completed to
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1625 @samp{@value{tramp-prefix}telnet@value{tramp-postfix-single-hop}}.
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1626 Next @kbd{@key{TAB}} brings you all machine names @tramp{} detects in
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1627 your @file{/etc/hosts} file, let's say
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1628
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1629 @example
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1630 @value{tramp-prefix-single-hop}telnet@value{tramp-postfix-single-hop}127.0.0.1@value{tramp-postfix} @value{tramp-prefix-single-hop}telnet@value{tramp-postfix-single-hop}192.168.0.1@value{tramp-postfix}
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1631 @value{tramp-prefix-single-hop}telnet@value{tramp-postfix-single-hop}localhost@value{tramp-postfix} @value{tramp-prefix-single-hop}telnet@value{tramp-postfix-single-hop}melancholia.danann.net@value{tramp-postfix}
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1632 @value{tramp-prefix-single-hop}telnet@value{tramp-postfix-single-hop}melancholia@value{tramp-postfix}
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1633 @end example
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1634
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1635 Now you can choose the desired machine, and you can continue to
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1636 complete file names on that machine.
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1638 As filename completion needs to fetch the listing of files from the
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1639 remote machine, this feature is sometimes fairly slow. As @tramp{}
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1641 in performance the second time you complete filenames.
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1642
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1643 If the configuration files (@pxref{Customizing Completion}), which
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1644 @tramp{} uses for analysis of completion, offer user names, those user
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1645 names will be taken into account as well.
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1647
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1648 @node Dired
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1649 @section Dired
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1650 @cindex dired
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1652 @tramp{} works transparently with dired, enabling you to use this powerful
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1653 file management tool to manage files on any machine you have access to
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1654 over the Internet.
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1655
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1656 If you need to browse a directory tree, Dired is a better choice, at
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1657 present, than filename completion. Dired has its own cache mechanism
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1658 and will only fetch the directory listing once.
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1659
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1660
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1661 @node Bug Reports
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1662 @chapter Reporting Bugs and Problems
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1663 @cindex bug reports
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1664
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1665 Bugs and problems with @tramp{} are actively worked on by the development
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1666 team. Feature requests and suggestions are also more than welcome.
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1667
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1668 The @tramp{} mailing list is a great place to get information on working
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1669 with @tramp{}, solving problems and general discussion and advice on topics
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1670 relating to the package.
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1671
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1672 The mailing list is at @email{tramp-devel@@mail.freesoftware.fsf.org}.
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1673 Messages sent to this address go to all the subscribers. This is
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1674 @emph{not} the address to send subscription requests to.
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1675
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1676 For help on subscribing to the list, send mail to the administrative
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1677 address, @email{tramp-devel-request@@mail.freesoftware.fsf.org}, with the
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1678 subject @samp{help}.
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1679
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1680 To report a bug in @tramp{}, you should execute @kbd{M-x tramp-bug}. This
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1681 will automatically generate a buffer with the details of your system and
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1682 @tramp{} version.
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1683
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1684 When submitting a bug report, please try to describe in excruciating
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1685 detail the steps required to reproduce the problem, the setup of the
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1686 remote machine and any special conditions that exist.
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1687
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1688 If you can identify a minimal test case that reproduces the problem,
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1689 include that with your bug report. This will make it much easier for the
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1690 development team to analyze and correct the problem.
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1691
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1692 @node Frequently Asked Questions
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1693 @chapter Frequently Asked Questions
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1694 @cindex frequently asked questions
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1695 @cindex FAQ
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1696
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1697 @itemize @bullet
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1698 @item
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1699 Where can I get the latest @tramp{}?
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1700
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1701 @tramp{} is available under the URL below.
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1702
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1703 @noindent
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1704 @uref{http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/tramp/}
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1705
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1706 @noindent
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1707 There is also a Savannah project page.
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1708
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1709 @noindent
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1710 @uref{https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/tramp/}
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1711
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1712 @item
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1713 Which systems does it work on?
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1714
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1715 The package has been used successfully on Emacs 20 and Emacs 21, as well
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1716 as XEmacs 21. XEmacs 20 is more problematic, see the notes in
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1717 @file{tramp.el}. I don't think anybody has really tried it on Emacs 19.
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1718
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1719 The package was intended to work on Unix, and it really expects a
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1720 Unix-like system on the remote end, but some people seemed to have some
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1721 success getting it to work on NT Emacs.
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1722
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1723 There is some informations on @tramp{} on NT at the following URL;
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1724 many thanks to Joe Stoy for providing the information:
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1725 @uref{ftp://ftp.comlab.ox.ac.uk/tmp/Joe.Stoy/}
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1726
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1727 The above mostly contains patches to old ssh versions; Tom Roche has a
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1728 Web page with instructions:
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1729 @uref{http://www4.ncsu.edu/~tlroche/plinkTramp.html}
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1730
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1731 ??? Is the XEmacs info correct?
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1732
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1733 ??? Can somebody provide some information for getting it to work on NT
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1734 Emacs? I think there was some issue with @command{ssh}?
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1735
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1736
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1737 @item
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1738 I can't stop @value{ftp-package-name} starting with @value{emacs-name}
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1739
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1740 @ifset emacs
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1741 @value{ftp-package-name} is loaded from @tramp{} automatically if you
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1742 require a file by the ftp method. Unfortunately, there are some Lisp
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1743 packages which make @value{ftp-package-name} file name handlers active.
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1744 You can see it applying @kbd{C-h v file-name-handler-alist}:
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1745
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1746 @example
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1747 file-name-handler-alist's value is
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1748 (("^/[^/:]*\\'" . ange-ftp-completion-hook-function)
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1749 ("^/[^/:]*[^/:.]:" . ange-ftp-hook-function)
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1750 ("^/[^/]*$" . tramp-completion-file-name-handler)
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1751 ("\\`/[^/:]+:" . tramp-file-name-handler)
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1752 ("\\`/:" . file-name-non-special))
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1753 @end example
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1754
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1755 Please try to find out which package is responsible for loading
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1756 @value{ftp-package-name}, and raise a bug report.
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1757
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1758 A workaround is to require @value{ftp-package-name} before @tramp{} in
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1759 your @file{~/.emacs}, because @tramp{} cleans up the entries in
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1760 @code{file-name-handler-alist}:
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1761
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1762 @lisp
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1763 ;; @value{ftp-package-name} temporarily required
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1764 (require 'ange-ftp)
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1765 ;; @tramp{} cleans up @code{file-name-handler-alist}
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1766 (require 'tramp)
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1767 @end lisp
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1768 @end ifset
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1769
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1770 @ifset xemacs
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1771 Not all the older versions of @tramp{} supported @value{emacs-name}
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1772 correctly. The first thing to do is to make sure that you have the
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1773 latest version of @tramp{} installed.
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1774
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1775 If you do, please try and find out exactly the conditions required for
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1776 the @value{ftp-package-name} handlers to fire. If you can, putting a
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1777 breakpoint on @code{efs-ftp-path} and sending in the stack trace along
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1778 with your bug report would make it easier for the developers to work out
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1779 what is going wrong.
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1780 @end ifset
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1781
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1782
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1783 @item
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1784 File name completion does not work with @tramp{}
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1785
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1786 When you log in to the remote machine, do you see the output of
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1787 @command{ls} in color? If so, this may be the cause of your problems.
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1788
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1789 @command{ls} outputs @acronym{ANSI} escape sequences that your terminal
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1790 emulator interprets to set the colors. These escape sequences will
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1791 confuse @tramp{} however.
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1792
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1793 In your @file{.bashrc}, @file{.profile} or equivalent on the remote
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1794 machine you probably have an alias configured that adds the option
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1795 @option{--color=yes} or @option{--color=auto}.
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1796
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1797 You should remove that alias and ensure that a new login @emph{does not}
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1798 display the output of @command{ls} in color. If you still cannot use
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1799 filename completion, report a bug to the @tramp{} developers.
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1800
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1801
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1802 @item
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1803 File name completion does not work in large directories
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1804
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1805 @tramp{} uses globbing for some operations. (Globbing means to use the
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1806 shell to expand wildcards such as `*.c'.) This might create long
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1807 command lines, especially in directories with many files. Some shells
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1808 choke on long command lines, or don't cope well with the globbing
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1809 itself.
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1810
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1811 If you have a large directory on the remote end, you may wish to execute
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1812 a command like @samp{ls -d * ..?* > /dev/null} and see if it hangs.
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1813 Note that you must first start the right shell, which might be
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1814 @command{/bin/sh}, @command{ksh} or @command{bash}, depending on which
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1815 of those supports tilde expansion.
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1816
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1817
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1818 @item
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1819 What kinds of systems does @tramp{} work on
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1820
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1821 @tramp{} really expects the remote system to be a Unix-like system. The
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1822 local system should preferably be Unix-like, as well, but @tramp{} might
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1823 work on NT with some tweaking.
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1824
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1825
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1826 @item
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1827 How can I get notified when @tramp{} file transfers are complete?
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1828
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1829 The following snippet can be put in your @file{~/.emacs} file. It makes
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1830 Emacs beep after reading from or writing to the remote host.
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1831
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1832 @lisp
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1833 (defadvice tramp-handle-write-region
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1834 (after tramp-write-beep-advice activate)
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1835 " make tramp beep after writing a file."
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1836 (interactive)
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1837 (beep))
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1838 (defadvice tramp-handle-do-copy-or-rename-file
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1839 (after tramp-copy-beep-advice activate)
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1840 " make tramp beep after copying a file."
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1841 (interactive)
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1842 (beep))
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1843 (defadvice tramp-handle-insert-file-contents
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1844 (after tramp-copy-beep-advice activate)
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1845 " make tramp beep after copying a file."
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1846 (interactive)
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1847 (beep))
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1848 @end lisp
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1849
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1850
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1851 @item
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1852 There's this @file{~/.sh_history} file on the remote host which keeps
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1853 growing and growing. What's that?
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1854
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1855 Sometimes, @tramp{} starts @code{ksh} on the remote host for tilde
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1856 expansion. Maybe @code{ksh} saves the history by default. @tramp{}
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1857 tries to turn off saving the history, but maybe you have to help. For
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1858 example, you could put this in your @file{.kshrc}:
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1859
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1860 @example
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1861 if [ -f $HOME/.sh_history ] ; then
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1862 /bin/rm $HOME/.sh_history
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1863 fi
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1864 if [ "$@{HISTFILE-unset@}" != "unset" ] ; then
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1865 unset HISTFILE
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1866 fi
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1867 if [ "$@{HISTSIZE-unset@}" != "unset" ] ; then
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1868 unset HISTSIZE
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1869 fi
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1870 @end example
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1871
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1872
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1873 @item @tramp{} doesn't transfer strings with more than 500 characters
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1874 correctly
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1875
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1876 On some few systems, the implementation of @code{process-send-string}
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1877 seems to be broken for longer strings. This case, you should
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1878 customize the variable @code{tramp-chunksize} to 500. For a
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1879 description how to determine whether this is necessary see the
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1880 documentation of @code{tramp-chunksize}.
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1881
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1882 @end itemize
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1883
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1884
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1885 @c For the developer
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1886 @node Version Control
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1887 @chapter The inner workings of remote version control
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1888 @cindex Version Control
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1889
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1890 Unlike @value{ftp-package-name}, @tramp{} has full shell access to the
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1891 remote machine. This makes it possible to provide version control for
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1892 files accessed under @tramp{}.
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1894 The actual version control binaries must be installed on the remote
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1895 machine, accessible in the directories specified in
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1896 @var{tramp-remote-path}.
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1897
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1898 This transparent integration with the version control systems is one of
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1899 the most valuable features provided by @tramp{}, but it is far from perfect.
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1900 Work is ongoing to improve the transparency of the system.
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1901
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1902 @menu
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1903 * Version Controlled Files:: Determining if a file is under version control.
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1904 * Remote Commands:: Executing the version control commands on the remote machine.
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1905 * Changed workfiles:: Detecting if the working file has changed.
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1906 * Checking out files:: Bringing the workfile out of the repository.
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1911 @node Version Controlled Files
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1912 @section Determining if a file is under version control
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1913
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1914 The VC package uses the existence of on-disk revision control master
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1915 files to determine if a given file is under revision control. These file
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1916 tests happen on the remote machine through the standard @tramp{} mechanisms.
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1919 @node Remote Commands
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1920 @section Executing the version control commands on the remote machine
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1921
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1922 There are no hooks provided by VC to allow intercepting of the version
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1923 control command execution. The calls occur through the
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1924 @code{call-process} mechanism, a function that is somewhat more
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1925 efficient than the @code{shell-command} function but that does not
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1926 provide hooks for remote execution of commands.
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1927
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1928 To work around this, the functions @code{vc-do-command} and
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1929 @code{vc-simple-command} have been advised to intercept requests for
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1930 operations on files accessed via @tramp{}.
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1932 In the case of a remote file, the @code{shell-command} interface is
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1934 remote machine as would be seen on the local machine.
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1937 @node Changed workfiles
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1938 @section Detecting if the working file has changed
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1939
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1942 function is advised to call an @tramp{} specific function for remote files.
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1943
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1944 The @code{tramp-vc-workfile-unchanged-p} function uses the functioning VC
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1945 diff functionality to determine if any changes have occurred between the
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1946 workfile and the version control master.
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1947
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1948 This requires that a shell command be executed remotely, a process that
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1949 is notably heavier-weight than the mtime comparison used for local
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1950 files. Unfortunately, unless a portable solution to the issue is found,
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1951 this will remain the cost of remote version control.
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1954 @node Checking out files
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1955 @section Bringing the workfile out of the repository
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1957 VC will, by default, check for remote files and refuse to act on them
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1958 when checking out files from the repository. To work around this
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1959 problem, the function @code{vc-checkout} knows about @tramp{} files and
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1963 @node Miscellaneous Version Control
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1964 @section Things related to Version Control that don't fit elsewhere
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1965
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1966 Minor implementation details, &c.
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1968 @menu
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1969 * Remote File Ownership:: How VC determines who owns a workfile.
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1970 * Back-end Versions:: How VC determines what release your RCS is.
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1971 @end menu
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1974 @node Remote File Ownership
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1975 @subsection How VC determines who owns a workfile
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1976
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1978 of the current user as well as mapping from arbitrary user id values
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1979 back to login names. The VC code uses this functionality to map from the
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1980 uid of the owner of a workfile to the login name in some circumstances.
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1981
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1982 This will not, for obvious reasons, work if the remote system has a
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1983 different set of logins. As such, it is necessary to delegate to the
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1984 remote machine the job of determining the login name associated with a
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1985 uid.
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1988 as @code{NIS}, @code{NIS+} and @code{NetInfo}, there is no simple,
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1989 reliable and portable method for performing this mapping.
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1992 a uid to a login name is the @code{vc-file-owner} function. This returns
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1995 This function has been advised to use the output of @command{ls} on the
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1996 remote machine to determine the login name, delegating the problem of
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1997 mapping the uid to the login to the remote system which should know more
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2016 ensure that unavailable features are not used remotely.
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2018 To resolve this issue, @tramp{} currently takes the sledgehammer
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2019 approach of making the release values of the revision control tools
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2020 local to each @tramp{} buffer, forcing VC to determine these values
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2021 again each time a new file is visited.
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2024 most of the common operations performed by VC do not actually require
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2025 that the remote version be known. This makes the problem far less
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2029 system basis and the results cached to improve performance.
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2033 @chapter How file names, directories and localnames are mangled and managed.
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2040 @node Localname deconstruction
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2041 @section Breaking a localname into its components.
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2042
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2043 @tramp{} file names are somewhat different, obviously, to ordinary file
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2044 names. As such, the lisp functions @code{file-name-directory} and
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2045 @code{file-name-nondirectory} are overridden within the @tramp{}
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2046 package.
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2047
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2048 Their replacements are reasonably simplistic in their approach. They
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2049 dissect the filename, call the original handler on the localname and
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2050 then rebuild the @tramp{} file name with the result.
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2051
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2052 This allows the platform specific hacks in the original handlers to take
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2053 effect while preserving the @tramp{} file name information.
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2055
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2056 @node Issues
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2057 @chapter Debatable Issues and What Was Decided
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2058
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2059 @itemize @bullet
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2060 @item The uuencode method does not always work.
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2061
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2062 Due to the design of @tramp{}, the encoding and decoding programs need to
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2063 read from stdin and write to stdout. On some systems, @code{uudecode -o
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2064 -} will read stdin and write the decoded file to stdout, on other
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2065 systems @code{uudecode -p} does the same thing. But some systems have
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2066 uudecode implementations which cannot do this at all---it is not
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2067 possible to call these uudecode implementations with suitable parameters
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2068 so that they write to stdout.
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2069
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2070 Of course, this could be circumvented: the @code{begin foo 644} line
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2072 @code{uudecode} could be called, then the temp file could be printed and
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2073 deleted.
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2074
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2075 But I have decided that this is too fragile to reliably work, so on some
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2076 systems you'll have to do without the uuencode methods.
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2077
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2078 @item @tramp{} does not work on XEmacs 20.
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2079
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2080 This is because it requires the macro @code{with-timeout} which does not
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2082 emulation macro to @tramp{}, but if somebody who uses XEmacs 20 steps
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2083 forward and wishes to implement and test it, please contact me or the
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2084 mailing list.
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2085
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2086 @item The @tramp{} filename syntax differs between Emacs and XEmacs.
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2087
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2088 The Emacs maintainers wish to use a unified filename syntax for
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2089 Ange-FTP and @tramp{} so that users don't have to learn a new
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2090 syntax. It is sufficient to learn some extensions to the old syntax.
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2091
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2092 For the XEmacs maintainers, the problems caused from using a unified
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2093 filename syntax are greater than the gains. The XEmacs package system
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2094 uses EFS for downloading new packages. So, obviously, EFS has to be
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2095 installed from the start. If the filenames were unified, @tramp{}
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2097
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2098 @end itemize
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2100 @node Concept Index
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2101 @comment node-name, next, previous, up
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2102 @unnumbered Concept Index
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2103 @printindex cp
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2104 @contents
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2105 @c End of tramp.texi - the TRAMP User Manual
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2106 @bye
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2108 @c TODO
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2109 @c
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2110 @c * Say something about the .login and .profile files of the remote
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2111 @c shells.
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2112 @c * Explain how tramp.el works in principle: open a shell on a remote
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2113 @c host and then send commands to it.
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2114 @c * Mention that bookmarks are a cool feature to go along with Tramp.
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2115 @c * Make terminology "inline" vs "out-of-band" consistent.
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2116 @c It seems that "external" is also used instead of "out-of-band".
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2118 @c * M. Albinus
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2119 @c ** Use `filename' resp. `file name' consistently.
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2120 @c ** Use `host' resp. `machine' consistently.
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2121 @c ** Consistent small or capitalized words especially in menues.