Thanks Micahel, Now it works! On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 1:37 AM, Michael Albinus wrote: > Shuguang Sun writes: > > > Hi Michael, > > Hi Shuguang, > > > Here I focus on the connection from Windows local to linux remote > > Finally, I was able to test on a Windows machine. > > > 1.1 expand-file-name will add c:/ to the shell-file name because the > > local is windows > > Yes. However, your patch (commenting expand-file-name) does not look > proper. I've committed another patch, changing the order > expand-file-name and file-local-name are called. This fixes this. > > > 1.2 the default directory for read-file-name is better to use > > (file-remote-p default-directory) "/" than default-directory > > "/path/path/..." > > I don't see why. Could you pls explain? > If we well set the shell via connection-local-set-profile-variables which measn there is explicit-shell-file-name, it will not prompt the directory. For example as in the manual: (connection-local-set-profile-variables 'remote-bash '((explicit-shell-file-name . "/bin/bash") (explicit-bash-args . ("-i")) )) > > 2. 6.5.3 Running ‘shell-command’ on a remote host or other section > > can't solve "start /b" issue. It is introduced by > > dired-do-shell-command (in dired-aux.el). It checks w32-shell for > > local environment and then add "start /b" to the command. However if > > it is in a tramp dir (e.g. linux server), the command with "start /b" > > will be transpose to remote handler. The linux shell can't understand > > it. > > Yes. Your patch is OK, so I've applied it. > > Everything committed to the master branch. Could you, pls, check? > > Since both patches are simple, they could also be backported to the > emacs-26 branch. Eli, could you pls advice me whether I shall do? > > Best regards, Michael. >