Re: [O] How to use org mode shell with ssh?

[Nick Dokos]

Xi Shen <address@hidden> writes:

> Instead of using ssh, I tried with scp. This time I got a different error.
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC shell :dir /scp:openwrt:/mnt/sda1
> ls -al
> #+END_SRC
>
Try opening the file in tramp directly - that should tell you where the error
lies: tramp or org?

> The error, I think, is from the remote end.
>
> /bin/sh: /bin/zsh: not found
>
> Clearly, I am using zsh on my Windows, but my remote OpenWRT system only has 
> ash installed. Is there's way to specify the shell to use on the remote end?
>

Even more: try ssh to your box from the command line. Once you figure out
how that works, then you can teach tramp to use that method.

> On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 8:15 PM Xi Shen <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>    
>     I just tried with:
>    
>     #+BEGIN_SRC shell :dir /ssh:openwrt:/mnt/sda1
>     ls -al
>     #+END_SRC
>    
>     But still got the same error. I wonder on which end threw me this error. 
> Maybe it is because I am using Emacs on Windows, and some thing is missing? 
> Or maybe it is because the remote
>     system is OpenWRT which has limited function?
>
>     On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 4:57 PM Colin Baxter <address@hidden> wrote:
>    
>         On Wed, Sep 21 2016, William Denton wrote:
>        
>         > On 22 September 2016, Xi Shen wrote:
>         >
>         >> #+BEGIN_SRC sh :dir /sshx:openwrt:/mnt/sda1
>         >> ls -al
>         >> #+END_SRC
>         >
>         > Just use ssh, not sshx, and it should work.
>         >
>         > Bill
>        
>         In babel it is now (shell . t). The form (sh . t) is depreciated as 
> from
>         org-mode version 8.2.10 at least.
>        
>         Best wishes.
>    
>     --
>
>     Thanks,
>     David S.
>    
> --
>
> Thanks,
> David S.
>

-- 
Nick