Trent Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In remote directories like /ssh:fs:~/Desktop, I can type > > ! file RET > > to find out about a file type, but > > y > > which is bound to dired-show-file-type returns errors of the form > > tmp.txt: ERROR: cannot open `tmp.txt' (No such file or directory) > > It would be nice if the latter worked.
It does with Tramp 2.1. Background: "y" is bound to dired-show-file-type, which applies call-process internally. "!" is bound to dired-do-shell-command, which uses shell-command internally. Execution of call-process on remote hosts is implemented in Tramp 2.1 only. Best regards, Michael. _______________________________________________ Tramp-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/tramp-devel
