Re: Tramp and crypted files

[Deus Max]

On Sun, Jun 07 2020, Michael Albinus wrote:

> Deus Max <deusmax@gmx.com> writes:
>
> Hi,
>
>> Great! I  need to reed up on the new tramp-crypt handler.
>
> Well, it took longer than expected due to other responsibilities. But
> now I have pushed to master the very first version of tramp-crypt.el.
>
> It isn't ready to be used in production, but it passes already the
> majority of tests in tramp-tests.el. I haven't updated tramp.texi yet,
> but the Commentary section in tramp-crypt.el should give you a first
> howto for application.
>
> Note that you can apply this for any remote directory. But for testing,
> I have created a local directory "/tmp/crypt", and I have used the
> remote directory "/ssh:hostnamegandalf:/tmp/crypt" - this makes it much
> easier to test. Tests on my nextcloud server look also promising, but
> this needs more polishing.
>
> The Emacs Makefile doesn't seem to recreate tramp-loaddefs.el
> automatically. In case you see compilation errors, try "make -C lisp
> autoloads" first.
>
> Comment welcome!
>
> Best regards, Michael.

Hi Michael,

Sorry for the late reply, but other priorities have distracted me.
I have even fallen behind on reading the mailing list !

I would be happy to test and comment, but will need some time to settle
the other priorities.
I'll come back in a week or so.

DeusMax