Re: How to use file explorer on my local gVim to access remote file system?

On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 9:09 AM Igor Forca <igor2x@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am using latest gVim v8.1.0513 nightly build on Windows 7, both 64-bit.
>
> I have several Linux machines accessible using ssh. Now I am using local machine's Vim through Putty on every machine. But there are several problems, there are different versions on Vim (some pretty old one) and there are different vim settings, different syntax highlighting etc and there is sometimes even lack of responsiveness and similar.
>
> On my Windows I have gVim customized to my wishes.
>
> From my Windows PC's gVim I would like to access files on remote Linux machines, edit and save. On my PC I have created text file with the following commands:
>
> let g:netrw_silent = 1
> let g:netrw_scp_cmd = "\"C:\\Programs\\PuTTY\\pscp.exe\" -pw mypassword "
> e scp://myuserid@192.168.1.20//path/to/file.txt
>
> When I open a gVim on Windows I can source that file:
> :source commands.vim
>
> and file.txt from remote machines is opened, I can edit it and save changes it works perfectly for individual file.
>
> Now to the problem. I have hundreds of files that I need to edit. So it would be way more convenient to open file explorer for remote file system.
> On my local machine to access my local PC's files I can open file explorer with command: :E
> How to do this for remote machine?
>
> I looked into commands.vim and changed the last line to:
> e scp://myuserid@192.168.1.20//path/
>
> but I get the error:
> **error** (netrw) your g:netrw_list_cmd is empty; perhaps ssh is not executable on your system
>
> Any idea how to use file explorer on remote machine accessed from my local gVim?
>
> Thanks

It may depend on the configuration of your remote server: depending on
how you can access it, it may or may not allow you access to the
directories of its folders. If you have ftp access (possibly with
username and password), then directories are usually available. For
other access modes (http, scp, etc), I don't know.

See also:
:help g:netrw_ftp_cmd
:help netrw-windows-netrc (for Windows only)
:help netrw-netrc (usually not for Windows)

Best regards,
Tony.

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