Re: tramp (2.2.6-pre); remote rgrep doesn't work for me

[Dave Abrahams]

on Sun Dec 16 2012, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus-AT-gmx.de> wrote:

> Dave Abrahams <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Hi Dave,
>
>> OK, I found that, upgraded, and tried again.  Wow, connecting was a
>> *lot* faster after the upgrade.  The debug log is attached inline:
>
> From Tramp's pov, everything is fine. The last visible command in the
> trace was the grep command, without any problem. I've also checked
> remote rgrep in my Emacs, also OK. I assume there might be some strange
> shell settings on your remote machine.
>
> Maybe you could try the following command in a shell on the remote host
> (one line!):
>
> cd /Users/dave/buildAgent/; exec env PS1=/scpc\:honu\:\ \#\$\  /bin/sh...
>
> If that works fine, 

It does.

> you could open a shell in your local Emacs, running on the remote
> host:
>
> M-x cd /scpc:honu:/Users/dave/buildAgent/
> M-x shell
>
> There you could run the same command, and check whether it causes problems.

Interesting.  The result depends on how I choose the remote shell that
Tramp prompts me for.  /bin/zsh works fine, but /bin/bash gives me a
bunch of ^Gs.  I don't know what to make of this.

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