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Re: tramp + sftp?
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Michael Albinus |
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Re: tramp + sftp? |
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Thu, 08 Apr 2004 15:04:06 +0200 |
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Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
> Is tramp capable of properly using sftp? I can currently use the "ssh"
> method, but opening a connection is really, really, really slow (and
> prone to failure), largely it seems due to all the various grot tramp
> has to transfer to deal with a doing transfers over a shell
> connection. As my firewall times out connections pretty fast, this can
> be quite annoying.
>
> sftp seems to have most of the capabilities for doing proper file
> transfer[1] without any shell connection at all, and wouldn't require any
> connection setup other than the initial login.
It's not a question of Tramp. Tramp passes all commands to ange-ftp,
it has no own FTP engine inside.
I remember that Kai made some investigations, the problem was that
sftp replies with strings not compatible with what ange-ftp expects.
So the answer is likely NO for the time being.
> Thanks,
>
> -Miles
Best regards, Michael.