At work I regularly edit files that resides on the server. I do it in one of two ways - either Interarchy using the edit command or mounting the remote server using ExpanDrive. Both these solutions use sftp (in my case).
On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 1:35 AM, Gregory Shenaut <[email protected]> wrote: > Would sshfs (in macports) be an option? I used this once in 2009 to do > something similar. > > Greg Shenaut > > On Aug 30, 2014, at 15:50 , Charlie Garrison <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good morning, >> >> On 30/08/14 at 2:46 PM -0700, Andrew B <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> * Is it possible to invoke BBEdit to edit a file using a command on a >>> remote Linux machine? The bbedit tool seems to do exactly this on the >>> local OSX machine, but I'm wondering if anyone has magic that could >>> accomplish the same result remotely. >> >> I'm not aware of anything to do this. There have been past attempts (even by >> me) but nothing successful. The best I came up with was automating the >> process of: >> >> - scp localfile osxhost:localfile >> - ssh osxhost bbedit -wait --resume localfile >> - scp osxhost:localfile localfile >> >> It was too fragile though; it was quite a while ago and I don't recall the >> problems. >> >> I'd love to hear someone else saying they have a solution for this one. >> Would be great if I could set EDITOR on remote machines to point back to >> bbedit. >> >>> * Can the BBEdit shell workspace be directed to any SSH connection? >> >> The worksheet is not a TTY, so you cannot have an ssh *session*. You can >> send commands to remote servers via ssh from a worksheet (assumes ssh key >> login). I use this method quite a lot to (eg) set permissions for files on >> remote server, or restart a running process on remote server, etc. I also >> use worksheet to copy files to remote server using rsync; especially handy >> for mirroring sites. >> >>> * I am assuming that between the open via ftp/sftp, and the mounting of >>> remote file systems, BBEdit should be able to access and edit the >>> remote files. Are there any gotchas here I should be aware of? >> >> There may be some gotchas, but none I think you need to be aware of. BBEdit >> has quite good handling of files on remote volumes. I sometimes use the >> built-in s/ftp tools; I used to use external s/ftp (Interarchy) almost >> exclusively; I now use mounted remote volumes with ExpanDrive. >> >> [The new version of ExpanDrive has introduced some strange race conditions >> with its new local file cache; I've not found the reproducible steps yet. >> Anyone else seeing problems with new ExpanDrive 'modifying files since last >> save'?] >> >> As someone new to BBEdit, you will bring a fresh perspective to editing >> files on remote servers. I look forward to hearing what solution(s) you find >> work best for you. >> >> >> Charlie >> >> -- >> Charlie Garrison <[email protected]> >> github.com/cngarrison metacpan.org/author/CNG >> >> O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org >> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt >> >> -- >> This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature >> request or would like to report a problem, please email >> "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. >> Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> >> >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
