Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> schrieb am Mo., 18. Juni 2018 um
17:17 Uhr:

> Hi,
>
> these days I'm working on bug#31704. The point is, that for searching of
> programs, always `exec-path' (a list of local directories) is taken,
> even if the shell runs on a remote host. Therefore, I propose a new
> function `remote-exec-path'. In case of a remote `default-directory',
> the function returns a list of directories which belong to that
> host. Implemented via file name handlers. For a local
> `default-directory', `exec-path' is returned.
>
> And while we are at this, a second new function `remote-executable-find'
> comes to mind. Like `executable-find', it returns the local absolute
> file name of a command, also determined by `default-directory'. This
> function doesn't need file name handlers, it would use
> `remote-exec-path' for its implementation.
>
> I don't need `remote-executable-find' for fixing bug#31704, but I
> remember that such a function has been asked for in the past.
>
> Comments?
>

There have been multiple occasions where such functions would have been
handy for me, so I'm strongly in favor of adding them. Thanks!