From: joakim@verona.se
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
Cc: tramp-devel@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Tramp and recursive file operations
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:49:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3ab0dabej.fsf@verona.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <nqmy4dlsqt.fsf@alcatel-lucent.de> (Michael Albinus's message of "Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:39:54 +0200")
Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:
> Hi,
>
> recursive copy or deletion of files can last a long time, because all
> operations are performed file by file. This could be much faster, if
> Tramp would be allowed to apply such operations in one step, for a whole
> directory. Think about "scp" or "rsync".
>
> Therefore, I propose to add a file name handler to `dired-copy-file-recursive'.
>
> Recursive file deletion happens via `dired-delete-file'. Here I propose
> to add a new function `dired-delete-file-recursive', which takes over
> the recursive part of `dired-delete-file', and which calls also a file
> name handler when appropriate.
>
> I volunteer to implement such handlers in Tramp :-)
>
> What do people think?
As a user, I welcome all improvements to Tramp! I use it every day.
>
> Best regards, Michael.
>
--
Joakim Verona
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-29 17:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-29 14:39 Tramp and recursive file operations Michael Albinus
2009-09-29 17:49 ` joakim [this message]
2009-09-29 20:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-30 8:06 ` Michael Albinus
2009-09-30 13:45 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-30 14:07 ` Michael Albinus
2009-09-30 19:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-10-01 15:53 ` Michael Albinus
2009-09-30 15:52 ` yary
2009-10-02 5:10 ` Michael Albinus
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