GNU bug report logs - #70792
30.0.50; [PATCH] Add Eshell support for expanding absolute file names within the current remote connection

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 70792 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#70792: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Add Eshell support for expanding absolute file names within the current remote connection
Date: Wed, 08 May 2024 16:20:38 +0300

> Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 11:54:26 -0700
> Cc: 70792 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
> 
> There's just one open question with this: if I'm on a remote system, how 
> do I type the fully-qualified *local* file name? I propose using "/:" as 
> the prefix to mean "always look on the local host", so "/:/etc/foo.log" 
> is a local file name no matter what. For this case, I'm open to other 
> spellings, so long as we have *some* way to fully-qualify a local file name.

I think "/:" quoting should not change the host of the file name.
That's because the user might need this quoting for file names on the
remote host.

If the user wants to specify a local file name while default-directory
is remote, the user can use the normal Tramp "/METHOD:..." notation.

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