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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: spiegel@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Ronan.Keryell@enstb.org: tramp sudo:: and version control on RCS root controlled files]
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:50:50 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wtj353zn.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <usltrxgns.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:28:39 +0200")

>> We could try and use (process-file "whoami") or (process-file "id").

> Can we assume that these commands are always available on all
> supported systems?

Probably not, but it's not difficult to catch the error and fall back on
the behavior we have now.


        Stefan

  reply	other threads:[~2005-11-20 22:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <E1EYXgy-0001gS-J5@fencepost.gnu.org>
2005-11-19 11:17 ` [Ronan.Keryell@enstb.org: tramp sudo:: and version control on RCS root controlled files] Andre Spiegel
2005-11-20 17:02   ` Stefan Monnier
2005-11-20 17:46     ` Andre Spiegel
2005-11-20 19:03       ` Andreas Schwab
2005-11-20 22:49       ` Stefan Monnier
2005-11-21 10:11         ` Andre Spiegel
2005-11-21  9:53       ` Michael Albinus
2005-11-20 19:28     ` Eli Zaretskii
2005-11-20 22:50       ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2005-11-20 23:23   ` Richard M. Stallman

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