Re: Simplest ssh line

[Michael Albinus]

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Dan,

> In (info "(tramp) Quick Start Guide")
>
>   If your local host runs an SSH client, and the remote host runs an SSH
>   server, the simplest remote file name is 
> ‘/ssh:address@hidden:/path/to/file’.
>
> My experiments found that
>
> /ssh:address@hidden:.
>
> works and is simpler than
>
> /ssh:address@hidden:/home/user
>
> so mention that too. Maybe I don't even need the trailing dot. Mention if/not.

But this is a special case for /home/user. The Tramp manual is not the
place to list the extensive list of possible special cases. And for
other methods, this might even not be true.

> Anyway, users wonder
> "If I can do
> $ ssh host
> as a shortcut to
> $ ssh address@hidden
> as I am the same user there,
> then maybe some shortcuts are possible when calling tramp too."
> So please mention them there!

It is not a shortcut, but plain ssh behavior. If you don't give a user
name, the local user name is taken unless there is a user name in
./ssh/config. The Tramp manual is not the place to describe all ssh
configuration possiblities; the man page of ssh does it better.

Using Tramp requires basic knowledge about the underlying commands.

Best regards, Michael.