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Re: How to list, add, edit, save file on a remote server
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: How to list, add, edit, save file on a remote server |
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Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:53:31 -0400 |
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In article <mailman.7889.1346454792.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> a very general question, with the hope to get some general advice what
> route to take:
>
> Suppose you are registered on a foreign server with the right to add and
> edit files, and there is no Emacs running on that server. There exists
> an Emacs mode for the type of files on the server, and you want to
> access the server, list all files, select a file for editing, save
> edits, or even add a new file - all from within Emacs, without ever
> touching the webinterface.
>
> How would you do that?
> Via FTP? With Tramp? Would it be possible to run dired on the foreign
> server?
>
> I would need some hints where to start my own investigations.
> TIA
Tramp is one way. If you're using some flavor of Unix, another option is
FUSE with SSHFS or FTPFS -- this works independently of Emacs and makes
the remote filesystem appear to be in your local hierarchy.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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