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Thorsten Jolitz | 1 Sep 2012 01:16

How to list, add, edit, save file on a remote server


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

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cheers,
Thorsten
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Oleksandr Gavenko | 1 Sep 2012 09:25
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Re: How to list, add, edit, save file on a remote server

On 2012-09-01, Thorsten Jolitz wrote:

> How would you do that?
> Via FTP? With Tramp? Would it be possible to run dired on the foreign
> server? 

Tramp.

To login to server from Emacs:

  /ssh:user <at> host:/etc/  TAB  <-- completion work here, but you prompted for
                                 password if don't setup RSA/DSA keys.

To list file on server:

  /ssh:user <at> host:/etc/ RET

To open file from server:

  /ssh:user <at> host:/home/user/.bashrc RET

Also M-x find-dired, rgrep, lgrep, compile - properly work with TRAMP (run
on remote server and show result in your Emacs).

Read manual: C-h i S tramp RET RET

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Thorsten Jolitz | 1 Sep 2012 14:18

Re: How to list, add, edit, save file on a remote server

Oleksandr Gavenko <gavenkoa <at> gmail.com> writes:

> On 2012-09-01, Thorsten Jolitz wrote:
>
>> How would you do that?
>> Via FTP? With Tramp? Would it be possible to run dired on the foreign
>> server? 
>
> Tramp.
>
> To login to server from Emacs:
>
>   /ssh:user <at> host:/etc/  TAB  <-- completion work here, but you prompted for
>                                  password if don't setup RSA/DSA keys.
>
> To list file on server:
>
>   /ssh:user <at> host:/etc/ RET
>
> To open file from server:
>
>   /ssh:user <at> host:/home/user/.bashrc RET
>
> Also M-x find-dired, rgrep, lgrep, compile - properly work with TRAMP (run
> on remote server and show result in your Emacs).
>
> Read manual: C-h i S tramp RET RET

That looks easy enough, thanks. 
And it would mean that there is no need for extra commands in my Emacs
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Jeffery Rancier | 4 Sep 2012 21:37

RE: How to list, add, edit, save file on a remote server

What's the foreign server's OS?  

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Subject: How to list, add, edit, save file on a remote server

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

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cheers,
Thorsten
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