I quite often log into a remote machine with Tramp and do: M-x eshell RET (rename-file "file" (format-time-string "file-%Y-%m-%d)) RET
...to rename a file on the remote host, which I think is just the duck's nuts, BTW. What I'd also like to do (also from eshell) is: (make-symbolic-link "file" "symlink") But it tells me that "file" is not a Tramp filename. If I do: (make-symbolic-link "/[sm/user@host]file" "/[sm/user@host]symlink") ...it creates a symlink with a literal filename of "/[sm/user@host]symlink" that points to a non-existent file with the literal name of "/[sm/user@host]file". What I'd like the 'make-symbolic-link' to do is the same as if I had run 'ln -s file symlink' on the remote host. Is this even remotely (pardon the pun) possible? -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 10D5C9C5>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>---| _______________________________________________ Tramp-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.freesoftware.fsf.org/mailman/listinfo/tramp-devel
