lawrence mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Kai Grossjohann wrote: > >> It seems to happen more often now that Tramp doesn't grok a shell >> prompt after "exec /bin/sh" on the remote end. I wonder if "exec >> /bin/sh" could be replaced by something else which can be expected to >> work better? > >> How about, for example, the following? > >> exec env PS1='$ ' /bin/sh > >> I think it works under csh-like shells as well as under Bourne-ish >> shells. (Note that this command is expected to start a Bourne-ish >> shell, so at this point we're not allowed to assume that we are >> talking to a Bourne-ish shell already.) > >> What about zsh? Does it work there, too? > > It works for me under zsh 2.6-beta4, so I'd hope that it can be > expected to work for more recent versions. (The current release > is 4.0.6).
Good. I had been hoping it would work, after all zsh has the union of the features of other shells, and then some. >> And what about people with really unusual login shells, such as scsh >> or this Plan9 thing? Does Tramp currently work for them? Will the >> above command work there? > > The scsh isn't (as yet) really intended as an interactive shell > (at least according to it's faq), so maybe you don't need to > cater for it yet, however, a cursory glance at the Scheme manual > suggests not. You might want to try asking on > comp.lang.scheme.scsh though. OK. So what about rc or rx or what is this Plan9 thing called? kai -- A large number of young women don't trust men with beards. (BFBS Radio) _______________________________________________ Tramp-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.freesoftware.fsf.org/mailman/listinfo/tramp-devel
