Re: tramp and auto-revert-tail-mode

[Michael Albinus]

Dieter Wilhelm <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de> writes:

> Hi

Hi,

> I wanted to use auto-revert-tail-mode in a buffer which I opened with
> tramp because of read restrictions (/su::/var/log/mail I think).  But
> this modes doesn't work as expected, is this a known bug or
> complication?

>From autorevert.el:

;; Auto-Revert Mode can be activated for individual buffers.  Global
;; Auto-Revert Mode applies to all file buffers. (If the user option
;; `global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers' is non-nil, it also applies
;; to some non-file buffers.  This option is disabled by default.)
;; Since checking a remote file is too slow, these modes do not check
;; or revert remote files.

See also `auto-revert-handler':

    (let* ((buffer (current-buffer))
           (revert
            (or (and buffer-file-name
                     (not (file-remote-p buffer-file-name))
                     ...

Best regards, Michael.