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File name handler for archive files
From: |
Michael Albinus |
Subject: |
File name handler for archive files |
Date: |
Sat, 09 Dec 2017 15:40:37 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.90 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
it has been requested from time to time in the Emacs ML, so I gave it a
try. With commit d338325c2b to the Emacs master repository, I've
implemented file name handlers for archive files.
Given you have a file /path/to/archive.tar, you can open this now via
"C-x C-f /path/to/archive.tar/" in dired mode, seeing all contained
files. Note the trailing slash. Opening "C-x C-f
/path/to/archive.tar/file" opens a file in that archive.
Since the implementation uses Tramp's archive method of tramp-gvfs.el,
this works only on machines which run GVFS. Roughly spoken, on GNU/Linux
machines.
It doesn't work for tar archives only, but also for many other archive
formats. And for compressed archives. And for archives located an a
remote host. And for archives inside archives.
Read (info "(tramp) Archive file names") for the details. As usual,
feedback much appreciated!
Best regards, Michael.
- File name handler for archive files,
Michael Albinus <=