Re: problem of `tramp-handle-file-local-copy' and inline transfer compressing

[Michael Albinus]

Toru TSUNEYOSHI <address@hidden> writes:

> If we use `plink' as the method, `tramp-copy-size-limit' is ineffectual,
> because of '(tramp-copy-program nil) about `plink'.
>
> To tell the truth, I set as follows.
>
>   ("plink" ...
>          (tramp-copy-program "pscp")
>          ...)

For this case, there exists already the "pscp" method, which you could
prefer over "plink".

> and
>
>   (setq tramp-copy-size-limit (* 1024 1024)) ; 1MB
>
> By the above setting, I use `plink' up to 1MB. If files size is larger
> than 1MB, I use `pscp'.

And why have you increased `tramp-copy-size-limit'? Are there
performance problems with the default value?

> I will do it some day. Sorry, I can't do it possibly for some
> reason. Please don't expect.
>
> Thank you, Michael.

Best regards, Michael.