Re: tramp 2.26 emacs 24.3 plink

[Michael Albinus]

Hi,

For the next 3 weeks I'm afraid I cannot do much. I'm almost offline; just 
emails will reach me occasionally.

Best regards, Michael.

MM <address@hidden> schrieb:

>On 19 September 2014 10:36, Michael Albinus <address@hidden> wrote:
>> MM <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Also, with M-x compile, i actually need to do remotely:    "cd <dir>
>>> && ./build.sh"
>>> So change to some dir and start a script that will launch the compiler.
>>>
>>> But then cd is interpreted as local cd, not remote cd.
>>
>> How do you call "cd"? From the minibuffer? Then you would need to give
>> the whole Tramp name. From a *shell* buffer? Then it should work. From
>> an *eshell* buffer? Then you would need the Tramp name as well.
>>
>> In order to avoid this struggle, it is recommend to use relative file
>> names. Something like "cd ../../src".
>
>I have tried:
>M-x compile
>In minibuffer:  cd /plink:..:<pathToGoTo>  && ./build.sh
>It failed because the sh shell actually tried to find the /plink directory
>
>Then I tried
>M-x compile
>cd <pathToGoTo> && ./build.sh
>
>Then it failed with:
>No such dir found via CDPATH env variable (I assume this is my local
>windows box)
>
>MM