Re: default remote shell in tramp

[Michael Albinus]

Vinh Nguyen <address@hidden> writes:

> I tried this before and I just tried it again.  Issue is the commands
> I'm looking for is in PATH that is defined in my .bashrc file on the
> remote machines.  Hence, I think the error is coming from the fact
> that /bin/sh is used (as the error states).
>
> I think the solution is to have tramp use bash on my remote machine.
> Does this make sense?

Yes. You could change the used remote shell in `tramp-methods' to
bash. If you, for example, use "ssh", you could apply

(setcdr (assoc 'tramp-remote-sh (assoc "ssh" tramp-methods)) '("/bin/bash"))

> Thanks.

Best regards, Michael.