Re: Tramp timeout for currently unreachable connections?

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 16:47:39 +0200, Michael Albinus 
>>>>> <michael.albinus@gmx.de> said:

    Michael> Visuwesh <visuweshm@gmail.com> writes:
    >> Hello all,

    Michael> Hi Visuwesh,

    >> I know that non-essential=t prevents Tramp from establishing new
    >> connections but is there a way to make Tramp use a very short timeout
    >> when trying to connect to a previously established connection that is
    >> now unreachable?  What I mean is: if I am connected to a remote host via
    >> a ssh connection /ssh:user@remote: and my internet connection goes down,
    >> I do not want Tramp trying to fetch remote resources forever.

    Michael> Use 'M-x tramp-cleanup-connection'. Play with user option 
`tramp-connection-timeout'.

Idle thought: would enabling 'ServerAliveInterval' help at all here?
(my Tramp connections travel from one side of my desk to the other, so
I canʼt tell ☺️)

Robert
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