Re: Tramp over eshell local vs. remote directories

[Reza Housseini]

> Yes, this is intended. "cd" is a built-in command of eshell, and it
> interprets the directory name like a Lisp file name. "~" is your local
> home directory. If you do "C-x C-f ~", you will always open your local
> home directory, whereever you call it from in Emacs.

I was just wondering because calling cp /some/file ~, copies the file to 
the remote home directory, therefore the tilde is interpreted 
differently in this case.

> Since Emacs 29, there is the extension module eshell-elecslash. Add the
> following lines to your .emacs:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (require eshell
> (add-to-list 'eshell-modules-list 'eshell-elecslash)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Now, when you are in eshell on a remote directory, and you type a
> command argument beginning with "/" or "~/", this will be replaced by
> the remote file identification. That is, in your example you type
> "cd ~/" and that's it. Read the Eshell manual.

Thanks a lot for the pointer, will try it out and see if this helps.

As always I really appreciate your quick replies!

Best regards,

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Reza Housseini

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