Björn Bidar <bjorn.bi...@thaodan.de> writes: Hi Björn,
>>> While the usual expectation for Tramp with SSH or SFTP is to operate on >>> remote, for SSHFS this is usually not the case. >> >> For sftp, no remote processes are supported. > > What doe SFTP have to do with this? Besides SFTP only works with GNOME > or does it? You've mentioned SFTP. I just clarified, that Tramp's sftp implementation doesn't offer remote processes. >> If you want to run programs locally, mount the sshfs file system, and use >> the files with their local names via the mountpoint. > > The manual states that it mounts the SSHFS file system, which it does. > Since SSHFS either through Tramp or otherwise mounts the file system it > should be possible to transform the tramp path to the locally mounted > file system and call programs on it. Anything goes. But it isn't Tramp's job to call local processes. > If the user wants to run programs on the remote SSH would be the better > method. No. People have reported, that the sshfs method provides better performance, due to the sshfs mounting. That's why I've added this method to Tramp. > I think the confusion or the issue is that programs called when using > the tramp-sshfs method don't use sshfs. No confusion, Tramp is consistent. sshfs-mounted file systems don't allow to call remote programs, that's why Tramp uses the ssh-based remote calls. The Tramp manual mentions this in section "5.20.2 ‘sshfs’ setup". Best regards, Michael.
