At work I regularly edit files that resides on the server. I do it in one of two ways - either Interarchy using the edit command or mounting the remote server using ExpanDrive. Both these solutions use sftp (in my case).
On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 1:35 AM, Gregory Shenaut <greg.shen...@me.com> wrote: > Would sshfs (in macports) be an option? I used this once in 2009 to do > something similar. > > Greg Shenaut > > On Aug 30, 2014, at 15:50 , Charlie Garrison <garri...@zeta.org.au> wrote: > >> Good morning, >> >> On 30/08/14 at 2:46 PM -0700, Andrew B <andrew.e.brownsw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> * Is it possible to invoke BBEdit to edit a file using a command on a >>> remote Linux machine? The bbedit tool seems to do exactly this on the >>> local OSX machine, but I'm wondering if anyone has magic that could >>> accomplish the same result remotely. >> >> I'm not aware of anything to do this. There have been past attempts (even by >> me) but nothing successful. The best I came up with was automating the >> process of: >> >> - scp localfile osxhost:localfile >> - ssh osxhost bbedit -wait --resume localfile >> - scp osxhost:localfile localfile >> >> It was too fragile though; it was quite a while ago and I don't recall the >> problems. >> >> I'd love to hear someone else saying they have a solution for this one. >> Would be great if I could set EDITOR on remote machines to point back to >> bbedit. >> >>> * Can the BBEdit shell workspace be directed to any SSH connection? >> >> The worksheet is not a TTY, so you cannot have an ssh *session*. You can >> send commands to remote servers via ssh from a worksheet (assumes ssh key >> login). I use this method quite a lot to (eg) set permissions for files on >> remote server, or restart a running process on remote server, etc. I also >> use worksheet to copy files to remote server using rsync; especially handy >> for mirroring sites. >> >>> * I am assuming that between the open via ftp/sftp, and the mounting of >>> remote file systems, BBEdit should be able to access and edit the >>> remote files. Are there any gotchas here I should be aware of? >> >> There may be some gotchas, but none I think you need to be aware of. BBEdit >> has quite good handling of files on remote volumes. I sometimes use the >> built-in s/ftp tools; I used to use external s/ftp (Interarchy) almost >> exclusively; I now use mounted remote volumes with ExpanDrive. >> >> [The new version of ExpanDrive has introduced some strange race conditions >> with its new local file cache; I've not found the reproducible steps yet. >> Anyone else seeing problems with new ExpanDrive 'modifying files since last >> save'?] >> >> As someone new to BBEdit, you will bring a fresh perspective to editing >> files on remote servers. I look forward to hearing what solution(s) you find >> work best for you. >> >> >> Charlie >> >> -- >> Charlie Garrison <garri...@zeta.org.au> >> github.com/cngarrison metacpan.org/author/CNG >> >> O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org >> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt >> >> -- >> This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature >> request or would like to report a problem, please email >> "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. >> Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> >> >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com. > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com.
