On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 02:36:03PM +0100, Marco wrote: > I intended to copy some files from a ZFS snapshot to my current > machine. However, I couldn't find a way to do this with mc. The > situation is as follows: > > 1) I use the “SFTP link” to connect to the server. This means I > can only use the panels, since the built in shell or <ctrl-O> > unfortunately does not work on shell links. > > 2) The snapshots are stored in a hidden directory called “.zfs”. > The hidden part is not the that it starts with a dot, but that > it doesn't show up with “ls -a”. However, you can successfully > “cd .zfs” into it. > > How can I copy a file from this directory to my current host > using mc? I can't use “cd .zfs” because shell commands are not > supported.
Did you try “cd .zfs” on the command line in the panel? That's not done in a subshell. That actually controls what's seen in the panel. I don't have time to test it myself, but I think that will work. > It doesn't show up in the panels (no, even <M-.> does not help) > and I can't launch mc on the server and “SFTP” into my local > machine, since mc is not installed on the remote host. Evil! -- http://rob0.nodns4.us/ Offlist GMX mail is seen only if "/dev/rob0" is in the Subject: _______________________________________________ mc mailing list https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
