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- From: bryce_jasmer@next.com (Bryce Jasmer)
- Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
- Subject: Re: Remote File Editing Without NFS? (SUMMARY)
- Message-ID: <5911@rosie.NeXT.COM>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 17:20:28 GMT
- References: <5882@rosie.NeXT.COM>
- Sender: news@NeXT.COM
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- I wrote:
- >Is there any way to edit a file on a remote system? Maybe by using rcp to
- >grab the file, edit it locally, rsh to make sure the remote version hasn't
- >changed since you grabbed it, and then rcp it back?
-
- Well, of course somebody had already written something like this. Can you say
- kitchen sink? :-) The package of choice is called ange-ftp by Andy Norman of
- HP. I picked it up and found it to be a fantastic package. It uses the FTP
- protocol to do the transfer and even supports file name completion in the
- mini-buffer. All in all, a wonderful package.
-
- Thanks to all that replied! (There were too many to send out individual
- replies to.)
-
- Bryce Jasmer
-