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- From: witchel@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Emmett Jethro Witchel)
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- Subject: Can 1 buffer visit >1 file?
- Message-ID: <WITCHEL.92Aug26162918@Xenon.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 23:29:18 GMT
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- Is is possible for 1 buffer to be visiting more than one file?
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- My problem is that I want to maintain identical copies of a source
- file over 2 hosts. I can use the excellent ange-ftp to visit the remote
- file. When I change it, I would like a save-buffer to write the buffer
- to both the remote file, and my local copy of the file.
-
- As it is now, I save to the remote copy, then either ftp the file
- over to my local machine (pain), or do a write-file to my local copy.
- In the latter case, however, since it seems that a buffer can only
- visit one file at a time, I am now visiting my local copy of the file.
- Now, when I edit anew, I have to remember that the save is local, and
- I must write to the remote copy. This ping-pong effect gets confusing
- quickly.
-
- No, my installation does not have rdist.
-
- Any suggestions are appreciated
- thanks
- emmett
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