Re: tramp and auto-revert-tail-mode

[Dieter Wilhelm <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de>]

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:

> 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))
> 		     ...
>

Thank you for the pointer: It seems to me that file-remote-p is not
thoroughly enough for above cases when the file is indeed locally
opened?

-- 
    Best wishes

    H. Dieter Wilhelm
    Darmstadt, Germany