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Re: dired copy marked files in xterm
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Fabian Braennstroem |
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Re: dired copy marked files in xterm |
Date: |
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:15:14 +0100 |
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Hi Thierry,
* Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fabian Braennstroem <f.braennstroem@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to use the system 'cp' function in an xterm
>> to copy marked files in dired.
>> Right now, this small function works with the current
>> file:
>>
>> (defun tacopybackground(var1)
>> "Copy"
>> (interactive)
>> (call-process-shell-command (concat "xterm -e 'cp -R
>> "(dired-get-filename)" " (dired-dwim-target-directory) " &'"))
>> )
>>
>> but obviously it needs some kind of loop or different
>> approach for marked files!?:
>>
>> (call-process-shell-command (concat "xterm -e 'cp -R
>> "(dired-get-marked-files)" " (dired-dwim-target-directory) " &'"))
>>
>> Does anyone have an idea or any suggestion? At the end I
>> would actually use a similar command to transfer several
>> large (up to 2-3GB) files to an remote machine using
>> scp. Tramp is unfortunately to slow...
>>
>> Greetings!
>> Fabian
>>
>
> You have to format "(dired-get-marked-files)" and
> "(dired-dwim-target-directory)"??==> is it a function ?
I don't understand your question.
>
> But what wrong with "C" in dired ?
> Mark your files and hit C ==> the path_where_you_want_to_copy_your_file RET
It is much slower, than the system's copy.
>
> For copying big files to remote from emacs use sshfs
> It's as fast as on your local system.
Thanks for your sshfs hint, but I am not sure yet, if it
works with our setup.
Greetings!
Fabian