tramp stands for Transparent Remote Access - Multiple Protocols, an Emacs module that allows remote editing of files.
Questions tagged [tramp]
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How can I get emacs (using TRAMP) to edit/save a file on a WebDAV share?
So I've got a WebDAV share on a virtual machine that I'm running on my laptop. I want to connect to it via emacs, edit a file, then save it. Unfortunately, TRAMP keeps giving me an error whenever I try to connect to the file. The error is "Host…

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Current folder on remote folder in Emacs shell is gibberish
When I connect to remote machine with Emacs (using tramp) and then open shell, Emacs opens the shell on the remote machine and I instead of pwd I get a bunch of numbers and strings.
How can I fix this?
I'm using Emacs 23.3.1 on Fedora 16
This is…

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Emacs Tramp unable to open directory at times
Normally I am able to use tramp just fine to edit files and browse through the remote file system through SSH. Though at seemingly random times I would lose the ability to browse remote folders in emacs.
I get the error message:
Wrong type…

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emacs/doom how can I debug hanging TRAMP
I am trying to access a machine on my network I can ssh (with some important setup in ~/.ssh/config) into easily, however I am getting timeouts, when I try it with SPC-f-f /ssh:my_machine -> hang!
After a while and some heavy usage of my CPU it…

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Rewriting path prefixes on file open or in compile-mode next-error
I want any paths under t/... to be rewritten to n/... instead, for find-file in general (or just as initiated by next-error). I want it to be impossible for me to open the t/... version.
Motivation: I've been rsyncing a codebase from NFS (where I…

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EventMachine pause to wait for response
Okay i have code that using Cramp\Tramp => EventMachine under the hood. Code:
class RetrieveController < ApplicationController
on_start :retrieve_messages
#nonimportant stuff
def receive_messages
#other stuff
@current_user = false
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Trouble with Emacs Tramp when trying to sudo access remote file
In Emacs25 I used the recommended syntax to open a remote file in sudo mode:
find-file "/ssh:ichiban@izu|sudo:ichiban@izu:~/
but Emacs just hangs. I set some degging settings in my .emacs file:
(require 'tramp)
;(setq tramp-debug-buffer t)
(setq…

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Emacs shell-command equivalent with tramp-mode
In emacs, I can do something like this interactively:
M-x eshell
cd /sudo:privileged@myserver:
/path/to/mycommand
That's pleasant and everything, but I'd really like to be able to do something like this in elisp code, as part of a function…

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How do I change the command sent by TRAMP in Emacs when using plink on Windows?
I have the following in my .emacs:
(require 'tramp)
(setq tramp-default-method "plink")
When I run C-x C-f /plink:some_session:/ in Emacs where some_session is a defined session in PuTTY (which has all information saved such as location of private…

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eshell TRAMP find remote file with relative path (or at least less than the full Tramp path)?
I love eshell's TRAMP integration. With it I can do cd /ssh:foo:/etc to
ssh into a remote machine and visit its /etc/ directory. I can also do
find-file motd to open this file in my local emacs. However, what if I need to use sudo to change the…

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tramp never stops asking for password
I've having serious trouble using tramp on Emacs. I am continuously being asked for my password when I ssh into a server via tramp. This is to the point where it blocks me being able to do anything.
I have looked far and wide on the internet and the…

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Emacs TRAMP - find-file can't enter user
I've recently upgrading to emacs 24.5 with TRAMP 2.2.12.
I use plink to access files on a remote server and am having trouble using the ampersand syntax shortcut to enter a different user than my default.
Problem
Executing:
'C-x C-f' /user@server:…

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How do I log history in a tramp emacs ssh session
I started using tramp with emacs as per the discussion here (Open file via SSH and Sudo with Emacs) in order to use my emacs configs without having to install them on the server/user I was sshing to. Apparently the default setting of this sets…

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Couldn't find exit status "test -e ... " on Solaris based remote server
When opening some files on a remote Solaris server through emacs-tramp I get this error:
Couldn't find exit status "test -e 'file path'..."
And then the file opens as "Fundamental" without figuring out the type (C++/C/verilog...etc) so no…

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Cannot execute remote binary file in eshell
I connected Emacs to a virtual machine via Eshell, using Tramp. I tried to execute a binary file at the current directory, but Eshell cannot see that file, even though it is right there. The output returned is like…

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